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January 11, 2025
I begin spring semester Monday. I’ve already begun the first week’s assigned reading. Thinking about taking up my studies again, I was remembering my least favorite class next to Intro to Theology, Post modern Theology. Both classes were a total slog due to the professors. I remembered this piece in particular and I laughed out loud. I thought I’d pull it out for a celebratory dust-off and redux.
Postmodern Theology
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February 20, 2024
I did enjoy the readings, but like all of the readings, they were dense and complex.
Working through the material, there was something that struck me that was very unsettling. I think my position, here, may be controversial. Maybe, maybe not.
I feel like there is something inherently suspect about these authors talking about the language necessary to address social issues while basically using language constructs for the sake of language constructs. It felt redundant. There were issues related to issues related to issues.
There was no end point, nothing tangible, nothing definitive. It felt like because no language, no concept, no theory, addresses the issues sufficiently, the authors skirt the issues entirely. I get not wanting to definitely…
