Saturday, February 16, 2008

Truth and Power; Faith and Ideology

Quote for the day:

Political ideologies read history as an opportunity for empowerment. Classic Christianity reads history as an opportunity for living out the truth revealed in history.


Thomas C. Oden, How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind: Rediscovering the African Seedbed of Western Christianity (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2007), p. 106.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

David, Are you reading this book? I couldn't find it online to purchase. I haven't tried CBD though.

Christine A. Scheller said...

whoops, this is christine, not jeffrey. not sure how that happened.

Christine A. Scheller said...

Found it on Amazon. Thanks for the link.