tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27405843.post114681229491230683..comments2024-01-25T05:44:34.896+02:00Comments on God in a Shrinking Universe: Crisis Theology and Theology of DeclinePatrikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10237545786695465374noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27405843.post-15543022747102813222010-07-02T04:51:36.838+03:002010-07-02T04:51:36.838+03:00Forgot my email: luke.lea@gmail.comForgot my email: luke.lea@gmail.comLuke Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290760894780619646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27405843.post-12778770286274519602010-07-02T04:49:59.871+03:002010-07-02T04:49:59.871+03:00Beyond a simple "there is a God and you will ...Beyond a simple "there is a God and you will be judged" I have no use for theology, frankly -- to me it is all church politics. But I was struck by this: <br /><br />"it seems that theology too has slipped into believing in what Finnish philosopher Georg Henrik von Wright called “the myth of progress”, the belief that economical and technical progress is something that can be sustained indefinitely, and that it mirrors a progress in humanity in general."<br /><br />I thought the whole idea was turning the old world upside down and making it new, and event or destination to be reached, not a process. And it appears to have already been reached in the form of liberal democracy, which is not incompatible with a simpler standard of living.<br /><br />Anyway I would like to know more about Barth in connection to my reading of John Updike, a writer I admire who seems to have been an admirer of Barth's. What is the best thing on the web? thanks,<br /><br />7/02/2010 4:43 AMLuke Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290760894780619646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27405843.post-1152474345369718172006-07-09T22:45:00.000+03:002006-07-09T22:45:00.000+03:00Eschaton refers to the new existence after this on...Eschaton refers to the new existence after this one.Patrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237545786695465374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27405843.post-1147014712422891112006-05-07T18:11:00.000+03:002006-05-07T18:11:00.000+03:00Well, I'm not sure. I think the myth of progress i...Well, I'm not sure. I think the myth of progress is still alive, although my generation finds it harder to subscribe to it the most of those that belong to the previous one. In spite quite clear signs of imminent problems, people still tend to belove that science will come up witha solution at some point, or something similar. It is of course more difficult to argue for the impact of this myth on theology, I hope to be able to present some examples in the future.Patrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237545786695465374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27405843.post-1147011949359469992006-05-07T17:25:00.000+03:002006-05-07T17:25:00.000+03:00I thought the myth of progress died at the end of ...I thought the myth of progress died at the end of the 19th century, or at least after the First World War. <BR/><BR/>By the 1960s environmental degradation had becoem a serious concern, and the oil crisis of 1973 made it clear that any economy dependent of fossil fuels didn;t have a long-term future, so I'm not sure how "the myth of progress" has affected theology recently.Steve Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11283123400540587033noreply@blogger.com