Word: theologian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Still, Carter is fond of quoting Danish Theologian Soren Kierkegaard that "every man is an exception," a view that certainly fits him. He has been described with a catalogue of contradictions: liberal, moderate, conservative, compassionate, ruthless, soft, tough, a charlatan, a true believer, a defender of the status quo, a populist Hamlet...
...used to hearing kind words about his latest article or his recently published insights into Catholicism. But Novak says he does not write articles and his studies of Baptist history leave him little time to think about the Roman Church. Novak shares the name of a prominent Catholic theologian and journalist who recently studied at Harvard...
...word for soul), and John Buchanan Jr., the hell-raising son of the doctor next door, representing Body. In its somewhat dogmatic way, this conflict exemplified the central tension in Williams' work between the flesh and the spirit, which makes him an extremely Protestant writer. The late great theologian, Paul Tillich, regarded Williams as a Christian existentialist...
...years around the turn of the 4th century, the Mediterranean basin was torn by a dispute about the necessity for divine grace in man's salvation. The bishops of North Africa, led by St. Augustine, insisted that human beings could do nothing without divine help. Pelagius, a theologian from foggy Britain come south to preach reform in Rome, believed that man is born spiritually free. God's grace may give him a push, but essentially he can find his own way to heaven. Augustine's writings were crucial in labeling Pelagius a heretic. Still, the bishops needed...
...weeks later when she came to interview him. Recently Carter polished off General Maxwell Taylor's new book on national defense, Precarious Security. He is savoring Justice and Mercy, a collection of Niebuhr's sermons, addresses and prayers that was sent to him by the theologian's widow...