This is an edited extract from an email from Joy Connor to Rod Benson received on 1 November 2010, responding to an invitation to make observations about the Social Issues Committee of the Baptist Union of New South Wales, its work, and the challenges it faced during her time as a committee member (1983-2000). …
What we bring to theology
Welcome to The Theology Whisperer, a series of short blog posts on theology and theological education. What do we bring to the table when we do theology? Today it is common to note a need for attention to problems of self-referentiality and contextualism in any formal thinking activity. But four decades ago, when it …
Six risks of theological study
Welcome to The Theology Whisperer, a series of short blog posts on theology and theological education. When I published my post on the rewards of theology, and advised that this post was coming, a colleague suggested that one risk of doing theological studies is chinos and a tucked-in checked shirt. We all know the …
Six rewards of theological study
Welcome to The Theology Whisperer, a series of short blog posts on theology and theological education. Books on systematic and historical theology sometimes include sections on the task of theology, and how to prepare to study. But they rarely discuss risks and rewards. So I thought I'd do just that. In this post, I look …
The quest for serenity and union with Christ (part 2)
A paper presented to the Baptist Historical Society by Rev Rod Benson (part 2 of 2) Click here for Part 1 Despite his protestations to the contrary in the introduction,[1] G. H. Morling's book, The Quest for Serenity, is tightly and logically structured. Chapters 1-5 set the scene for the resolution of the quest in chapters 6 …
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