tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8929683.post1416798564075095730..comments2009-01-12T12:53:09.138-05:00Mike L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15978997781556741350noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8929683.post-87208106143305230212009-01-12T12:53:00.000-05:002009-01-12T12:53:00.000-05:00I remember, shortly after starting this journey, reading in one of my research sources that the Gospel of John was so mystical and symbolic that there were those who didn't want it included in the canon, so I can identify. Marcus Borg's book, "Reading the Bible Again for the First Time" really helped me to begin a new approach to the Bible and our view of the incongruencies found there. nice Post..Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04148676728860411325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8929683.post-86752663664039789942009-01-10T22:25:00.000-05:002009-01-10T22:25:00.000-05:00thanks for this post. i discovered it on james mcgrath’s blog. to him i wrote:<BR/><BR/>“...it seems to me that the fundamentalist's drive for the security of truth makes the story much more about the storyteller than the Jesus of the Jesus-way. at the very least, this unwillingness to include the rational as part of an epistemological standard means they limit their voice to an ever shrinking culture island (some, like me, would say this is a good thing). <BR/><BR/>however, it also seems to me that the other side is equally that of loss, placing more and more of the faith on the table for negotiation until we have basically disemboweled it. <BR/><BR/>this is why i especially appreciated the book edited by william j. abraham’s, “canonical theism”, which offers the sum total of the church’s canon as the basis for the faith -- <BR/><BR/>‘Canonical theism is intimately tied to the notion of the canonical heritage of the Church.  The Church possesses not just a canon of books in its bible, but also a canon of doctrine, a canon of saints, a canon of Fathers, a canon of theologians, a canon of liturgy, a canon of bishops, a canon of councils, a canon of ecclesial regulations, a canon of icons, and the like.  In short, the Church possesses a canonical heritage of persons, practices, and materials.  Canonical theism is the theism expressed in and through the canonical heritage of the Church.’” (Thesis IX)markpowellwiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05296887917509976601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8929683.post-45397257011159668262009-01-10T21:25:00.000-05:002009-01-10T21:25:00.000-05:00Very cool post, and very well said.Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09539170598198122642noreply@blogger.com