Dec 14, 2022
Disciplinary Decadence: “Becoming ‘right’ is simply a matter of applying the method correctly...By highlighting the tendency for a discipline to become solipsistic and thus ‘decadent,’ Gordon’s work opens up a way of critiquing a theological approach that develops in order to sustain itself against internal critiques, yet which cannot adequately respond to external critiques.”
- Decolonial Love, Joseph Drexler-Dreis
i.e. practice humility. Practice humility in academia. Practice humility in theology. We explore the ‘what if?’ and should not have the hubris to assume we know how to consider the ‘what is?’ about the divine. Look outside of your own niche to find resources. Revelation comes from the margins.
