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Kneeling with Giants

March 10, 2012 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

As well as introducing some guides that provide perspectives and principles for exploring great voices of the past, I want to offer some examples of works that try to make good use of them. The easiest one to find is (ahem) my own. Kneeling with Giants: Learning to Pray with History’s Best Teachers (Downers Grove: […]

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On ‘the art of theological reflection’

March 9, 2012 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

When trying to make good use of writings that stand at a great distance from us–whether because they come from long ago or from across the boundaries of cultures, we need some guidelines, some sense of how we might go about it. We pick up a patristic theologian, say John Chrysostom, and find his style […]

Filed Under: approaches Tagged With: Augustine, Calvin, Chrysostom, theological reflection

What to do with a giant?

March 3, 2012 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

The giants should be easy to spot.  I mean, hey, they are big.  Maybe you heard the name of one in “Western Civilization” or “Introduction to Church History.”  Their name got mentioned because they wrote something that mattered.  Their words stood the test of time.  Or they did something that mattered so much then that […]

Filed Under: approaches Tagged With: Augustine, Chrysostom, theological reflection

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