Sárospataki Füzetek 1. (1997)
1997 / 1. szám - Alan P. F. Sell: Conservation and Exploration in Christian Theology. (Hagyományőrzés és új utak keresése a keresztyén theológiában. - Fordította: Rácsok Gabriella)
HAGYOMÁNYŐRZÉS ÉS ÚJ UTAK KÉRESÉSE A KERESZTYÉN THEOLÓGIRAN Gospel, and Le prayed jkal your love may grow ever ricLer in knowledge and insigLl of every kind."(4) E very CLrislian Leliever wLo reflec is al all upon God and tLe Gospel is. after Lis or Ler fasLlon. a iLeologian. But. as wilL tLeologians and ministers, so wilL everyLody else: tLey need tLe cLecks and Lai ances supplied Ly iLe fact tLal some feel at sea in llieological waters, and we must make very effort to leacL iLern to swim. TLe people need to Le Luilt op in tLe failL. It is as unsatisfactory to serve Cl nisis Lakes tLe dregs of tLe latest iLeological fasLion as it is to force-feed iLem on tLe Lard rusks of five-point Calvinism. How vital tLe iLeological role of tLe cLurcL memLers is! How else lkat tLrougL iLem will a iLeological perspective Le LrougLl to Lear upon tLe issues of tLe day. tLe concerns of tLe workplace. tLe conservation of tLe retirement Lome? And Low will milliliters ant 1 tL eologians understand tLe environmental territory to Le explored for tLe sake of tLe Gospel unless tLe cLurcL memLers act as tLeir antennae and Lring Lack reports from places wLere life is lived and dealL is feared, work is done and fun is Lad. marriages are made and Lomes are Lroken? Ill TLe cLallenge of exploring tLe CLrislian Lerilage wilL a view to seeing wLal it is wLicL must Le conserved, and of exploring tLe current intellectual and cultural environment witL a view to addressing it relevantly is one wLicL sliould engage and excite al CLrijlians. TL eologians ancl ministers of re ligio n Lave tLeir part to play. Lul tLe task is not tLeirs alone: it Lelongs to tLe wLole CLurcL. WLo is sufficient for tLese tLings? It is good to recognise lLat we are not. However, our incompetence unaided underlines tLe importance of Karl BarlL s oLservalion lLat iLeological work lakes place in a realm wLicL not only Las open windows... facing tLe surrounding life of tLe CLurcL and world. Lul also and aLove a II L as a skyligLt. (5) WLile . communion w ilL God will 89
