I haven't been in front of the computer much with NT Wright in town and all, but I noticed someone else was also frustrated with Doug Wilson's post on postmodernism. I haven't read this response by Sandlin yet, but if you shared my frustration, it's worth a look.
Posted by Rick at January 3, 2005 02:58 PMToo many big words...
Posted by: Isaiah on January 4, 2005 05:26 AMHey Rick. If you do get a chance to post, and if it's not cumbersome, would you give us a sense of the conference? Do they plan on having a panel with Wright and Gaffin and taking questions from the audience? Does it seem like there's a wide range of people there - not just the RTS crew (Duncan, Kelly) or the Morecraft crew, but also other pastors from the PCA? I'd heard this was going to be a popular conference drawing from all over the ideological map from the denomination, and am hoping it'll stir up some good dialogue.
Posted by: scott cunningham on January 4, 2005 10:08 AMWhat in Wilson's post was it that frustrated you?
Posted by: mike on January 5, 2005 04:13 PMMike: He doesn't seem to know what the heck he's talking about.
Scott: If someone doesn't beat me to it, I'll give a report in a couple of days.
Posted by: Rick on January 5, 2005 04:18 PMI think there is more here than meets the eye. If I'm correct, then in a way it is too bad that the Wilson-Sandlin exchange is taking place in public, because there are things that require one to have "inside" information in order to be able to read between the lines. I suggest not losing sleep over it.
Posted by: Christopher Witmer on January 5, 2005 11:18 PMGood Mr. Sandlin isn't exactly a philosophy buff himself. His second essay seemed to read pomoism as, simply, not being overly confident about one's theology. Seemed a bit trite and all. Imho, at least.
Posted by: Davey on January 6, 2005 11:10 AMLike I said, I haven't read Sandlin's argument, so I don't know that he can really beat Wilson's argument. All I'm saying is Wilson hasn't really understood pomo-ism.
Posted by: Rick on January 6, 2005 12:23 PMScott,
they just lectured and asked each other questions and took questions from the audience in the Q and A. I thought the Q and A was the best part of the conference. Their asking each other questions seemed to clarify a lot.
Also, there were people of all types. Liberal and conservative baptists, Anglicans, Lutherans, and all sorts of Reformed.
Posted by: Rick on January 6, 2005 01:12 PM