Word: sittler
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Pathos and not tragedy is the motif of our se sefl-consciousness," the Rev. Dr. Joseph Sittler concluded last night. Exploring "The Context of Confirmation" in his third Noble Lecture, Sittler proposed that the Christian story calls for an "organic" human response "as rich, as supple and as unpredictable as the story itself...
Defining Grace as God's "will-to-the-restoration, fulfillment, and blessedness of man," and Nature as "man in his actuality in the matrix of nature and in the human community of his fellows," Sittler drew a sharp distinction between "verification-as-proof" and "as-authentication." The "Narrative-character of the Christian story is a way of speaking about God, he said, but not necessarily a way of knowing...
Further, while "antiseptic and astringent criticism of the form of Christian affirmation" leads to clarification, it also brings about a "humorless constriction of the very terms it brings under analysis." In short, said Sittler, the context of confirmation is the "massive and organic story of man--in his analysis and anguish, his vision and his dread, his lusts, longings, loves, and loneliness...
...Nature and Grace" will be the topic for this year's William Beldon Noble lectures, to be given by the Rev. Joseph Sittler from Dec. 6 to Dec. 10. In particular, the Rev. Sittler will discuss the possible relationships between natural and revealed theology...
...ordained minister of the United Lutheran Church, the Rev. Sittler is now professor of theology at the University of Chicago. Previously, he held a professorship at the Chicago Lutheran Seminary and served for 13 years as a pastor in Cleveland, Ohio...