tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118688459222979984.post2620282103206634318..comments2023-08-25T16:10:39.880+01:00Comments on the dance of the elements: unity and diversityYewtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118688459222979984.post-51913594704249235752010-11-06T16:58:28.580+00:002010-11-06T16:58:28.580+00:00Dear Andrew, apparently Hans Kung said that anyone...Dear Andrew, apparently Hans Kung said that anyone for whom Jesus is central to their spirituality may call themselves a Christian, and if Richard Holloway is a Christian, then you can be too, if you want to.<br /><br />Dear Stephen, I am certainly an "orthodox" Unitarian (as far as I am concerned) but I doubt that I am an "orthodox" Christian (with either a large or a small O) and I do not identify as a Christian, because although I think Jesus was a great guy, he is not central to my spirituality (and there are lots of other reasons which I have rehearsed elsewhere). <br /><br />And thank you both for your comments :)Yewtreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118688459222979984.post-77704704966451683372010-11-06T14:28:30.122+00:002010-11-06T14:28:30.122+00:00Thanks Yewtree - I've just ordered Comte-Sponv...Thanks Yewtree - I've just ordered Comte-Sponville's book on Atheist Spirituality. I enjoyed his "Little Book of Philosophy" very much and your post prompted me to check this one out.<br /><br />What I'd like to add here is connected with your links to my posts under the headings of 'liberal Christianity' and 'pantheism'. These links are entirely appropriate at one level (and thank-you for making them) but I think I want to add a simple caveat. I remain intimately connected with these 'traditions' because they are my inherited language - it is how I speak. But I try to be careful to use them in post-metaphysical way. This raises the question of whether I am really using the language of liberal Christianity and pantheism in a way that would be acceptable to followers of these 'paths' who do still hold them in metaphysical ways? <br /><br />What I think this means is that it brings me close to what you (and perhaps Comte-Sponville) are "Atheist Spirituality". So, I look forward to reading the book and thanks also for this post which has prompted in me some helpful reflections.<br /><br />Warmest wishes as always,<br /><br />AndrewAndrew James Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693417061963197121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118688459222979984.post-88161662509673567662010-11-06T10:22:45.175+00:002010-11-06T10:22:45.175+00:00I don't think serious theologians have ever sa...I don't think serious theologians have ever said that the Divine is "an entity," indeed I think such statements would be considered heresy from the point of view of Christian orthodoxy. Your views are much more orthodox than you think!Stephen Lingwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05785168356362616200noreply@blogger.com