Audio/video
- A series of short youtube videos by St John's Nottingham. Little introductions to theologians, subjects in Biblical Studies etc. I enjoyed those on Pannenberg and von Balthasar as I didn't know anything about them. (HT Glen.)
- Also involving Tom Wright was the 19th Annual Wheaton Theology Conference devoted to discussing his work. Some excellent lectures (MP3/video). I thought Richard Hays was the highlight. It was my first big engagement with Wright for a while. Frankly I had forgotten how sharp and articulate he is. He is always encouraging you to rethink everything. I came away with respect renewed.
- Lectures and sermons delivered at Moore College, Sydney. Includes Wright again. Also Helmut Thielicke, Henri Blocher, FF Bruce, PT O'Brien and Barry Webb. (HT Chris.)
- Edmund Clowney lectures and sermons.
- Francis Schaeffer lectures and sermons.
Articles
- Archives of the mainline Lutheran journal Word & World. Includes articles by Walter Brueggemann, Gerhard Forde, Terence Fretheim, David Lose, Wolfhart Pannenberg, Gordon Wenham and others. I've only read the ones by David Lotz and Gustaf Wingren.
- Archives from Bulletin for Biblical Research.
- Archives of the Tyndale Bulletin.
I increasingly love books. Articles and MP3s are great - but they are only ever tasters. But as I only stumbled across these recently I thought other's may be interested.
Thanks for the links, Dave.
ReplyDeleteReally enjoyed the von Balthasar video. Do you know anything about Karen Kilby? She's very clear. Though I got unreasonably excited when she said von Balthasar introduced Barth to Mozart!
Very interested by what you said about Wright, as I've gone off him somewhat in recent time; I think largely because of his popular presentation of his eschatology, which to me seemed over-definite and not to do the work he wanted it to, i.e. to change how we view our present responsibilities.
So, I hoped, in watching his video, I'd have a similar experience to you. Alas, not in the short clip I watched. What I feel is that he says a lot quickly, but his words doesn't seem to connect with anything. His discourse seems to exist entirely in his own mental universe and I find it very difficult to find the significance in what he says.
A typical quotation:
"Yes, we are in the middle of a paradigm shift and yes I do need allies"
I sympathise.
ReplyDeleteYes, I think Wright is over-definite and schematic in his presentation of the bible-story. Still, I think he has some good things to say.
Yes, I think you're right his "discourse seems to exist entirely in his own mental universe", and that is what makes him so frustrating and so challenging. He is always inviting you into that universe, but rarely makes any effort to see the bridges into it. Because of that you tend to feel that you've got to accept everything wholesale, which I don't think I can do.
So I found it stimulating, and (as I say) I increased my respect for him. But I'm not sure he made me change my mind about anything! Still haven't finished them all though. In contrast, Hays did make me think differently about a few things, and I thought his critique of Wright was spot on.
Oh, and I know nothing about Karen Kilby other than Amazon says she is an expert in Karl Rahner. Obviously RC theology specialist.
ReplyDeleteIf that is true about introducing him to Mozart it is pretty amazing. I thought she had just said that they shared a love of Mozart, but I listened to it again to check, and you're right.
Yes, must've been the music rather than the man. But she said it in such a way that it sounded like the man (presumably time travel was involved); hence my excitement, alas, being unreasonable.
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