You Tube Theology

Nov 2015: Chris Haw converses with James Alison about a few theological topics. Many were cut out or trimmed for space. What remains is: 1) discussion of the resurrection in the Greco-Roman, first century context and the limits of language. 2) How one might move beyond "hope," in the sense of interventionist notions of God, to "patience." 3) LGBT issues and the Church. The conversations with Ernesto Verdeja and David Bently Hart will be posted in some time. Stuff cut out: -the ecological crisis and mimetic theory: Alison largely points readers toward Bernard Perrett on this matter. -paralleling the maturation from "hope" to "patience," we discussed the shift from a "sacred" (or mixed) notion of God, to a "holy" (or pure, incommensurable) notion of God. -I asked on Alison's attempted "simple" summary of the gospel for non-academics--but cut it from the final. But he said, "God, coming into our midst, serves to undo the way that we have gotten ourselves trapped into something less than we are. This serves to restart the process of us becoming human, enabling us to live into the fulfillment of what we were supposed to be all along. That involves a sharing in God's life at the level of equality." Pardon the unprofessional quality of the video. I don't edit video, nor do I usually converse in front of a camera.