“Theology is a language used by a specific group of people to make sense of their world.” – Rowan Williams, On Christian Theology “Theology . . . is a particular type of rhetorical art.” – Mark Wallace, Fragments of the … Continue reading
“The symbol gives gives rise to thought.” – Paul Ricoeur “… if we can no longer live the great symbolisms of the sacred in accordance with original belief in them, we can … aim at a second naïveté in and … Continue reading
“Dialogics is a method of thinking as a whole and a rejection of wroldviews that recognize the right of a higher consciousness to make decisions for lower ones, to transform persons into voiceless things.” – Iris M. Zavala “Dialogue here … Continue reading
"Vision is a spectator; hearing is a participator" – John Dewey "The winged words of conversation in immediate intercourse have a vital import lacking in the fixed and frozen words of written speech" – John Dewey “Practical wisdom issues commands, … Continue reading
“The first stones of the new world, however coarse or unpolished they may be, are more beautiful than the sunset of a world in agony, and its swan songs” – Antonio Gramsci ”The word, the word is a great thing.” … Continue reading
"Nothing is absolutely dead: every meaning will have its homecoming festival." — Mikhail Bakhtin "It is quite possible to imagine and postulate a unified truth that requires a plurality of consciousnesses, one that cannot… be fitted into the bounds of … Continue reading
“The Church must sound strange to the world if it is not to be dull” – Karl Barth “God may speak to us through Russian communism, a flute concerto, a blossoming shrub or a dead dog. We do well to … Continue reading
