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Brian Niece on Theology as Prayer
Theology is risky.
To engage in particularity dependent on authority derived outside one’s self is a task that truly requires an emptying of hubris when approaching the subject of God.
If there is significance in what is to be an ecclesiological endeavor, then the virtue of patience will enable what Robert Jenson calls “waiting . . . the most creative of activities.”
This waiting however is not static, but rather involves practicing the formation of developing the faith. Such practice–if we are to hold the scriptural tenor as worth its stuff–is predicated on a communal setting and participation.
Communal participation in the theological task constitutes disciplined reflection on the forms of life, while acknowledging that all life is contained within the life of the very God who gifts it and makes the theological task possible. To be participatory–to practice this risky work of theology–must necessarily be prayer. All honest theology is an address to God at his invitation.
SO TELL ME SOMETHING:
Do you see theology as prayer? Why or why not?
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Brian Niece
www.brianniece.com
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