tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post4432228682885834897..comments2024-02-25T16:56:47.627-05:00Comments on Magdalene's Egg: Touché, at LastFather Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170260624474428623noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-54912343336206986802010-05-24T11:33:56.942-04:002010-05-24T11:33:56.942-04:00After Dr. Pahl's article was published, severa...After Dr. Pahl's article was published, several people asked me if I have given him a copy of some of my work (unpublished - other than Facebook). CORE's neo-donatism is rampant. I refer to it as neo-donatism because, as Dr. Pahl points out, they have rejected the one thing that made Donatism attractive even, I think, to Augustine. That thing being a rejection of the Empire as a governing principality and power. Donatism rejected Constantinianism - a binding of the Church's struggle for faithfulness to the culture-war hermeneutic of secular politics. <br /><br />That, and they have not said our sacraments are invalid... yet....<br /><br />The more I read Augustine and Cyprian, the more I find CORE's theological underpinnings for schism wanting.Noahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113501088492636073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-20811648938899462372010-05-05T18:25:22.743-04:002010-05-05T18:25:22.743-04:00The tone of the piece seemed fairly nasty to me. B...The tone of the piece seemed fairly nasty to me. But I did like the article on Bach in the same issue. ;-)markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11644908598349358844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-79939268738350027602010-05-05T11:06:55.931-04:002010-05-05T11:06:55.931-04:00In your post you state, "a tactic which we ho...In your post you state, "a tactic which we hope to see used a bit more frequently in the near future: the counterattack."<br /><br />Agreed. <br /><br />I have been counterattacking on my own blog for some time but always at the risk of slipping into the muck. I'm not sure I always succeed, but I attempt to criticize the views or statements of the CORE without attacking the persons who hold those views. And this, I think, is where my comments and those of others like Dr. Pahl may be distinguished from CORE's rhetoric--we suggest their views are wrong (intellectually, theologically, biblically) while they suggest our views are sinful and thus they must disassociate from us.Obie Holmenhttp://theliberalspirit.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-29757510435664489682010-05-05T10:49:57.557-04:002010-05-05T10:49:57.557-04:00Quite a bit of value, and please don't take my...Quite a bit of value, and please don't take my mild criticisms as saying otherwise.Father Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170260624474428623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-8186025063117334322010-05-05T10:29:46.197-04:002010-05-05T10:29:46.197-04:00Thanks for your mostly kind remarks! I don't ...Thanks for your mostly kind remarks! I don't teach at Princeton Seminary, though, but was a Fellow at the University's Center for the Study of Religion. And, as for organization; I have always disliked the numbered pagination JLE uses. The article has a five part structure--tracking each of the four aspects of the American civil religion that CORE embraces, then turning to the white male backlash feature. The substantive theological critique is woven throughout this historical/cultural analysis. Sorry you found that annoying, but I'm glad, overall, you found the piece of value. JPJon Pahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01554888314312005931noreply@blogger.com