Over at Cross-Talk, Michael Gorman provides a three-part summary of his new book Inhabiting the Cruciform God (see the sidebar on the right). See here for part 1, part 2, part 3.
I think that theologizing about what holiness is, objectifies the issue and makes it an oppression upon a "different" voice of holiness...
What anyone chooses to do in this world, is holy, if it is of one's passion, and vision of bettering the world at large, or in one's particular sphere of infulence.
Therefore, pariticularizing a spiritual model is a limiting one, as all political involvement is holy, not just ones that subscribe to a particular model, lifestyle, or culture or value....
I think that theologizing about what holiness is, objectifies the issue and makes it an oppression upon a "different" voice of holiness...
ReplyDeleteWhat anyone chooses to do in this world, is holy, if it is of one's passion, and vision of bettering the world at large, or in one's particular sphere of infulence.
Therefore, pariticularizing a spiritual model is a limiting one, as all political involvement is holy, not just ones that subscribe to a particular model, lifestyle, or culture or value....