tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post2875807288210681070..comments2023-10-15T09:36:12.013+01:00Comments on Countercultural Father: CorrectionBen Trovatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15299230935468606845noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-61454857603457479342014-08-30T08:54:04.323+01:002014-08-30T08:54:04.323+01:00The problem with Catholic academic theology in thi...The problem with Catholic academic theology in this country is that it's invariably conducted in secular institutions (even if, like Roehampton and Heythrop, they can hint at Catholic origins if convenient)and is post modernist and secularizing in orientation. Unless you look (eg) to America, you'd easily get the impression that 'all the smart kids' are inevitably heretics. (Which is of course the impression many are quite happy to give.) Lazarushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09716412032074416331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-50683974814276460812014-08-29T11:25:58.736+01:002014-08-29T11:25:58.736+01:00Ttony,
I would lay a substantial wager that befo...Ttony, <br /><br />I would lay a substantial wager that before any such statement, we will get a comment saying that attacks on her thinking are uncharitable and that she remains a Catholic 'in good standing.'Ben Trovatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15299230935468606845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-41682088311513833162014-08-29T11:12:36.741+01:002014-08-29T11:12:36.741+01:00There was still plenty of scope for a Bishop (her ...There was still plenty of scope for a Bishop (her Bishop?) to write a correction in The Guardian explaining that while Prof Beattie might be a "Catholic theologian", the piece she wrote was not an exposition of Catholic teaching in any way.<br /><br />I expect we'll just see a corrective article in the Catholic press ... errrr ...Ttonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185875893212146794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-61419037545354482252014-08-29T10:31:58.196+01:002014-08-29T10:31:58.196+01:00Perhaps she means 'practicing' in the sens...Perhaps she means 'practicing' in the sense of 'rehearsing'.pattifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12210761184261938524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-34333351424528337382014-08-29T10:21:33.873+01:002014-08-29T10:21:33.873+01:00Yes, indeed Patti.
As I commented here: http://cc...Yes, indeed Patti.<br /><br />As I commented here: http://ccfather.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/a-failure-of-understanding.html and elsewhere.<br /><br />I note that here Wikipedia entry also states that she is a practicing Catholic. That, too, brings obligations, both to the Church and to to the Truth.Ben Trovatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15299230935468606845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-33206453918334584582014-08-29T10:11:19.257+01:002014-08-29T10:11:19.257+01:00She still self-describes as a 'Catholic theolo...She still self-describes as a 'Catholic theologian', which lays on her a clear obligation to do theology 'with the mind of the Church'; she is not free to makeit up as she goes along.pattifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12210761184261938524noreply@blogger.com