tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669291590397336050.post8716941096415420769..comments2023-11-20T01:10:41.810-06:00Comments on Seeking the truth...: Wheaton Theology Conference - Wright's Non-Answer to the $50 QuestionMarcus Maherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729718021822471179noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669291590397336050.post-78295802663034209112010-04-17T21:57:17.284-05:002010-04-17T21:57:17.284-05:00Perhaps, maybe the silence was just defining to me...Perhaps, maybe the silence was just defining to me, but I thought it was very noticeable that he didn't engage the question when he engaged the question that everyone else posed of him.Marcus Maherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07729718021822471179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669291590397336050.post-8567176044865715882010-04-17T21:55:30.548-05:002010-04-17T21:55:30.548-05:00I was there and don't remember the deafening s...I was there and don't remember the deafening silence. If anything his reply did not meet to some people's expectations. But in essence his reply was to have more dialogues like this.MrErrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01148671273642240181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669291590397336050.post-58663463823338964662010-04-17T21:39:36.503-05:002010-04-17T21:39:36.503-05:00Yes, in retrospect a bulletin board would have bee...Yes, in retrospect a bulletin board would have been nice.Marcus Maherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07729718021822471179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669291590397336050.post-75090851466148591562010-04-17T21:37:06.111-05:002010-04-17T21:37:06.111-05:00That's an interesting point, and I think you&#...That's an interesting point, and I think you're seeing precisely what I am trying to do. My goal is to get as good as I possibly can at exegesis and use that to do systematics. I was deeply moved when I read Hauerwas lament in an essay that he didn't know how to do exegesis. That felt like advice to me that it would be a wise idea to get good at it.<br /><br />Yes Systematics is stuck. Look for Graham Cole's Systematic theology in several years. He's going to try to write it on the shoulders of biblical theology. I think it will be a good move forwards.<br /><br />My question still remains, though. How does a systmatician help the exegete? I'm not sure what the answer is.Marcus Maherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07729718021822471179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669291590397336050.post-78876219393650645832010-04-17T20:34:44.198-05:002010-04-17T20:34:44.198-05:00I have to be honest, the non-answer makes me smile...I have to be honest, the non-answer makes me smile.<br /><br />I think if more systematicians were like Vanhoozer, Wright would be more open to engaging the discipline. As it is, he sees it as standing in the way of reading the Bible on its own terms. To be quite frank, he'd be right on many fronts. Systematic Theology is, for many, a static discipline. So while it could seem like Wright is pushing out systematics, he'd probably argue "they did it first" (if this were a 1st grade fight).<br /><br />Personally, I think the better answer is for biblical theologians and exegetes to get into systematics more to challenge those in that discipline (and, I suppose, be challenged). I know Carson has been approached about writing a systematic theology, but he's said he simply doesn't have the time nor the life expectancy to pull it off. That's a shame, because I'd love for an exegetically trained scholar to do something like that. I guess that'll be your job...<br /><br />By the way, if I knew that we'd be doing this, I'd say you should have set up a message board to have these conversations. Oh well.dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03969731898965656137noreply@blogger.com