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> > On Aug 14, 2010, at 1:14 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote: > >> Rowan Williams - an Anglican bishop, poet, and theologian (and the >> current Archbishop of Canterbury) does not regard the story of >> crucifixion "as an edifying fable" (and surely not that it "must be >> recaptured from the mass of Pauline falsification"). >> >> John Shelby Spong once accused Williams of being a "neo- >> medievalist," preaching orthodoxy to the people in the pew but >> knowing in private that it is not true ... Williams responded: "I >> am genuinely a lot more conservative than he would like me to be. >> Take the Resurrection. I think he has said that of course I know >> what all the reputable scholars think on the subject and therefore >> when I talk about the risen body I must mean something other than >> the empty tomb. But I don't. I don't know how to persuade him, but >> I really don't." > > Whatever Williams's innermost secret thoughts might be, Pullman > certainly treats the Gospel narrative as an edifying fable and > Williams fully accepts that as the basis for his criticism when he > likewise treats questions of historical fact as irrelevant. If the > narrative is not based on historical fact, what can it be if not > edifying fable? That Williams is (by virtue of his job) compelled > to assert belief in "the Resurrection" > is no surprise (do bears shit in the woods?). But if he had any > remotely rational grounds for belief that the "Resurrection" story > is historically accurate he would have found it easy to persuade > Spong that he, rightly or wrongly, actually believed it. > > >> >> On 8/13/10 10:40 AM, Shane Mage wrote: >>> ...the story that Pullman and Williams treat as an edifying fable >>> rather than >>> a historical event ... must be recaptured from the mass of Pauline >>> falsification. > > > > Shane Mage > > Porphyry in his Abstinance from Animal Flesh suggests that there > are appropriate offerings to all the Gods, and to the highest the > only offering acceptable is silence. > > > ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
