[faithandlife] Tillich and Hall Redux

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From: "The Rev GDVWiebe SSC.,PhD" <gdvw@...>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:18:12 -0700 (PDT)
> Yes, the Professor of Philosophical Theology was a neophyte of Tillich
and thus all said by the Union Seminary in Manhattan was holy and then
some. I have never read anything more stultifyingly BOOOOORING!
Blessings in Passion Week. GDVW+
> So Tillich was required reading while Fr. Hall was not! There you have it.
> No wonder we have the mess we have today.
> gms+
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Rev GDVWiebe SSC.,PhD <gdvw@...>
> To: faithandlife@...
> Sent: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 6:23 pm
> Subject: Re: [FaithandLife] Hall's Dogmatic Theology Series
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> Dean Scott:
> I know in my seminary class that operhaps about 10% of about 60 people
> read any part of them. They were never required reading, though Tillich
> was. Interest in this today is very thin-for many reasons. A good
> 'summary' wuld be the old CB Moss' THE CHRISTIAN FAITH (SPCK). Thisis
> available on the Web booksites. Blessings. GDVW+
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> How many of those 10 volumes were read by TEC clergy
>> in the last half century?  Is there any evidence of
>> interest in Dogmatic Theology or the disciplines he
>> espoused?
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>> Has there been anyone in the last 50 years who has
>> published as complete a summing up of doctrine?
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>> Charles+
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>> --- Bill Malloy <bigchese@...> wrote:
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>> Dear Fr. Wiebe:
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>> You hit the nail on the head.  Those of use, who
>> were given the complete series of Fr. Hall's books and
>> had the time to read them, can  easily see this
>> problem.  I  still have  Copies of all of his books
>> provided by The Society  of Christ, the King, who
>> saw to  It that every Episcopalian Seminarian received
>> these  volumes for free as  part of their
>>  Ministry to Anglican seminarians all across America.
>>>  You can still purchase
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>>> Books through this society.  But, now they are very
>>> expensive.
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>>> Fr. Bill Malloy, M.Div PhD
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