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Overnaming as The Fall

September 23, 2016 by Matthew Boedy Leave a Comment

In this four-part series, I aim to think about one particular aspect of language: naming. In the introduction, I preliminarily addressed the root of the problem, the Fall. In this post I want to dive deeper into the original ‘scene of the crime' for clues toward the character of the relationship between language and naming. … [Read more...] about Overnaming as The Fall

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: communication, dietrich bonhoeffer, labeling, language, naming, overnaming, power, sin, the fall, theory on language

An Introduction to Naming

September 16, 2016 by Matthew Boedy Leave a Comment

Recently the Emerging Scholars Network posted a quote from David Dark's new book Life's Too Short to Pretend You're Not Religious  (Downer's Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2016): When I label people, I no longer have to deal with them thoughtfully. I no longer have to feel overwhelmed by their complexity, the lives they live, the dreams they have. I know exactly where they are inside—or forever outside—my field of care, because they've been taken care of. The mystery of their existence has been solved and filed … [Read more...] about An Introduction to Naming

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: communication, David Dark, intervarsity press, labeling, language, Life’s Too Short to Pretend You’re Not Religious, naming, overnaming, the fall, theory on language

Book Review: Abusing Scripture

November 6, 2015 by Bob Trube Leave a Comment

Abusing Scripture: The Consequences of Misreading the Bible,  Manfred T. Brauch. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2009. Summary: The author explores the different ways we misread the Bible and consequently interpret and apply it in ways that abuse both the intent of the text, and sadly, in some cases the people with whom we apply these texts. … [Read more...] about Book Review: Abusing Scripture

Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion Tagged With: Abusing Scripture, biblical hermeneutics, biblical interpretation, Book Review, communication, context, gender roles, gospel, intervarsity press, Manfred Brauch, Scripture, teaching

Communication for Communion, Part 4 (Scholar’s Call)

September 28, 2015 by David Parry Leave a Comment

David Parry wraps up his Scholar's Call series on Communication for Communion. Find Part 1 here, Part 2 here, and Part 3 here.   Part 4: Communication and Communion It is a mistake to see language as purely instrumental in the sense of being just to convey information or to get things done. Some aspects of verbal communication don't have any particular conceptual content to them – rather they are there to form or to maintain a connection between persons. For instance, “How are you?” is not primarily a request for … [Read more...] about Communication for Communion, Part 4 (Scholar’s Call)

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy Tagged With: communication, Communication for Communion series, communion, language, Scholar's Call

Communication for Communion, Part 3: Babel and Pentecost (Scholar’s Call)

September 21, 2015 by David Parry Leave a Comment

Last week's post discussed the quest for the Adamic language in the early modern period, understood as a language in which words correspond exactly to the things they represent. This post is Part 3 of a series. See Part 2 here  and Part 1 here. But was there ever a language in which the totality of a thing in its essence was communicated fully in words? James K.A. Smith, a Christian philosopher at Calvin College, says no. In his book The Fall of Interpretation, Smith argues that human beings were never intended to … [Read more...] about Communication for Communion, Part 3: Babel and Pentecost (Scholar’s Call)

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy Tagged With: Babel, communication, Communication for Communion series, language, literature, Pentecost, Scholar's Call

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