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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
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Subject: Re: Theology: it's not just for theologians anymore
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Date: Wed, 6-Nov-85 18:46:10 EST
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>>Charley Wingate has remarked several times in response to my postings
>>that I would set "theology" above the laity and out of their reach.  In
>>Sanders work Charley may find the peaceful union of Church and theology
>>that he seeks.  Sanders declares quite explicitly:
>>  "Canonical criticism may perhaps be the corrective to what happened
>>   because of the Enlightenment, when the Bible was taken from the
>>   church lectern into the scholars study.  The movement of canonical
>>   criticism is that of the scholars being openly willing to be a
>>   SERVANT of the believing communities"  [ emphasis mine ]

> For the moment, I'll ignore the question of whether I agree with the kind of
> criticism Sanders proposes.  But I will say that to a great extent I don't
> agree with his servant idea-- not unless you are willing to consider the
> President of the USA your servant!  [WINGATE]

That's the idea behind democracy, Charles:  the government is supposed to
elected to serve the people, not the other way around.  You have a very
weird perspective on scholarship and authority.
-- 
Popular consensus says that reality is based on popular consensus.
						Rich Rosen   pyuxd!rlr