Rituals of Spontaneity. By Lori Branch
Where there is a programme, there is also a problem. And where there is a problem we find ourselves recalled, in one way or another, to a reality beyond the scope of programmes. A problem means limits and contradiction, perhaps self-contradiction (Protestant Theology in the Nineteenth Century, Karl...
| Published in: | Literature and theology |
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2007
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Literature and theology
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| Review of: | Rituals of Spontaneity (Waco : Baylor University Press, 2006) (Robertson, Scott)
Rituals of spontaneity (Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, 2006) (Robertson, Scott) |
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| Summary: | Where there is a programme, there is also a problem. And where there is a problem we find ourselves recalled, in one way or another, to a reality beyond the scope of programmes. A problem means limits and contradiction, perhaps self-contradiction (Protestant Theology in the Nineteenth Century, Karl Barth. London: SCM Press, 2001, 23)., Leaving aside Barth's own grand dogmatic vision, one cannot but recognise that his is an important and cogent assessment of the condition of the one he describes as ‘absolute man’—the man of the Enlightenment. For this is a person who finds himself mysteriously at odds with his environment and himself. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/frm043 |