tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post8115172293376408190..comments2024-03-12T11:58:24.510+13:00Comments on Otagosh: Low Torrance ToleranceGavin Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17965552923012880262noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-1834051166096933052010-10-28T11:33:28.197+13:002010-10-28T11:33:28.197+13:00uh...."leading Church of God intellectuals&qu...uh...."leading Church of God intellectuals"<br /><br />Herbie a leading intellectual-isn't that so oxymoronic?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-75331337827957822422010-10-28T05:10:40.232+13:002010-10-28T05:10:40.232+13:00Theologian Friedrich Schleiermacher "invented...Theologian Friedrich Schleiermacher "invented" practical theology in the 18th century. At the time, the German research university model was being born (dreaded by leading Church of God intellectuals) -- that's what all of our higher education now is reflecting, for better and worse -- and the work of theology was being broken up into what is called systematic theology, biblical studies, and church history. <br /><br />Schleiermacher proposed that a fourth discipline be added, called "practical theology," that would develop "rules of art" for a way of Christian life and ministry.<br /><br />Over the course of three hundred years practical theology devolved into application of the findings of the other three disciplines.Imagingnoreply@blogger.com