Christians: The Bible is inspired by God. We need to study it to figure out what He means by all of this.
Critical theory: A text is just a text, and author intent isn't really a thing. Authors, the past, and reality itself are all just constructs. (See Foucault "What is an Author").
Christians: The Bible is inspired by God. We need to study it to figure out what He means by all of this.
Critical theory: A text is just a text, and author intent isn't really a thing. Authors, the past, and reality itself are all just constructs. (See Foucault "What is an Author").
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Asking "Why do we do this?" predates critical theory.
Critical theory is about denying reality. The previous essay from the guest writer professor was a little too smooth, too hip, trying to engage more with getting college students' attention perhaps than being accurate.
For Christians it is appropriate to be reflective about culture with going too far by reaching for critical theory, which is destructive.
Almost everything else on Aaron's site is worth reading, but this topic has been a miss.
Christians vs Critical Theory
Christians: The Bible is inspired by God. We need to study it to figure out what He means by all of this.
Critical theory: A text is just a text, and author intent isn't really a thing. Authors, the past, and reality itself are all just constructs. (See Foucault "What is an Author").
_____
Asking "Why do we do this?" predates critical theory.
Critical theory is about denying reality. The previous essay from the guest writer professor was a little too smooth, too hip, trying to engage more with getting college students' attention perhaps than being accurate.
For Christians it is appropriate to be reflective about culture with going too far by reaching for critical theory, which is destructive.
Almost everything else on Aaron's site is worth reading, but this topic has been a miss.