Anti-Expertism

fallible, contexual, and limited knowledge

Category: "Intellectual"

Theoblogging

When I left seminary I pretty much gave up theoblogging, but a few interactions with an alumnus from my alma mater got me rifling through my archives. Here are a few choice pieces I thought that might be worth (re)reading:

Christianity and Jungian Synchronicity
Sin
On Newbigin’s War with Princeton (a discussion of biblical inerrancy)
A Contemporary Parable (on [...]

Voice

I have been mucking around a bit with sound equipment recently and have been particularly curious about the real world voices of bloggers and their relationship to their writings. So, in that spirit, I thought you would get a kick out of a few thoughts on Von Trier’s Dogville.
My friend Rick asked me these questions [...]

Anti-Expertism and Václav Havel

Many folks have asked me just what I mean by “anti-expertism,” I think Jean Bethke Elshtain discussion on Havel’s post-totalitarianism and its application to the free Western world sums it up well:

So, what does it mean to be “living in the truth?” I think there, Havel would say, “Well, it means doing what I did in [...]