{"id":8771,"date":"2014-08-27T14:53:41","date_gmt":"2014-08-27T18:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/?p=8771"},"modified":"2014-08-27T14:53:41","modified_gmt":"2014-08-27T18:53:41","slug":"modernity-as-an-overlearning-of-christianity-pascal-emmanuel-gobry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2014\/08\/modernity-as-an-overlearning-of-christianity-pascal-emmanuel-gobry.html","title":{"rendered":"“Modernity as an Overlearning of Christianity”: Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

good food for thought all the way through:<\/p>\n

\u2026Heresy therefore always poses a tricky double challenge for orthodoxy: a heresy that affirms a thing that\u00a0orthodoxy also affirms (albeit\u00a0to the exclusion of other necessary truths, or drawing false consequences from it), by definition, cannot be wholly evil, and orthodoxy must affirm the good things in it; and there is always a temptation to face the overemphasis on one\u00a0pole by overemphasizing the other pole and falling into the other heresy (whether formally or in practice).<\/p>\n

It is this latter tendency\u00a0that worries me when I see certain\u00a0Christian discourses about Modernity.<\/p>\n

For example, there is a certain critique of \u201cindividualism\u201d that rejects the very notion of the importance of the individual. Historically, this is what Christianity burst into the world stage proclaiming.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

good food for thought all the way through: \u2026Heresy therefore always poses a tricky double challenge for orthodoxy: a heresy that affirms a thing that\u00a0orthodoxy also affirms (albeit\u00a0to the exclusion of other necessary truths, or drawing false consequences from it), by definition, cannot be wholly evil, and orthodoxy must affirm the good things in it; […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1071,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[127,426,203,214,30,265],"class_list":["post-8771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mackerel-snapping","tag-conservatism-considered-as-a-helix-of-semiprecious-stones","tag-dont-immanentize-my-eschaton","tag-i-dont-believe-in-modern-love","tag-john-paul-ii","tag-mackerel-snapping-2","tag-pascal-emmanuel-gobry"],"yoast_head":"\n"Modernity as an Overlearning of Christianity": Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"good food for thought all the way through: ...Heresy therefore always poses a tricky double challenge for orthodoxy: a heresy that affirms a thing\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2014\/08\/modernity-as-an-overlearning-of-christianity-pascal-emmanuel-gobry.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\""Modernity as an Overlearning of Christianity": Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"good food for thought all the way through: ...Heresy therefore always poses a tricky double challenge for orthodoxy: a heresy that affirms a thing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2014\/08\/modernity-as-an-overlearning-of-christianity-pascal-emmanuel-gobry.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Eve Tushnet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-08-27T18:53:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Eve Tushnet\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Eve Tushnet\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2014\/08\/modernity-as-an-overlearning-of-christianity-pascal-emmanuel-gobry.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2014\/08\/modernity-as-an-overlearning-of-christianity-pascal-emmanuel-gobry.html\",\"name\":\"\\\"Modernity as an Overlearning of Christianity\\\": Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-08-27T18:53:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-08-27T18:53:41+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/#\/schema\/person\/ca04686b93c92257f019070302a23415\"},\"description\":\"good food for thought all the way through: ...Heresy therefore always poses a tricky double challenge for orthodoxy: a heresy that affirms a thing\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2014\/08\/modernity-as-an-overlearning-of-christianity-pascal-emmanuel-gobry.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2014\/08\/modernity-as-an-overlearning-of-christianity-pascal-emmanuel-gobry.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2014\/08\/modernity-as-an-overlearning-of-christianity-pascal-emmanuel-gobry.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"“Modernity as an Overlearning of Christianity”: Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/\",\"name\":\"Eve Tushnet\",\"description\":\"Conservatism reborn in twisted sisterhood\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/#\/schema\/person\/ca04686b93c92257f019070302a23415\",\"name\":\"Eve Tushnet\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be87ff28da150cb07788911c22e42ae2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be87ff28da150cb07788911c22e42ae2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Eve Tushnet\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/author\/evetushnet\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\"Modernity as an Overlearning of Christianity\": Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry","description":"good food for thought all the way through: ...Heresy therefore always poses a tricky double challenge for orthodoxy: a heresy that affirms a thing","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2014\/08\/modernity-as-an-overlearning-of-christianity-pascal-emmanuel-gobry.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\"Modernity as an Overlearning of Christianity\": Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry","og_description":"good food for thought all the way through: ...Heresy therefore always poses a tricky double challenge for orthodoxy: a heresy that affirms a thing","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2014\/08\/modernity-as-an-overlearning-of-christianity-pascal-emmanuel-gobry.html","og_site_name":"Eve Tushnet","article_published_time":"2014-08-27T18:53:41+00:00","author":"Eve Tushnet","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Eve Tushnet","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2014\/08\/modernity-as-an-overlearning-of-christianity-pascal-emmanuel-gobry.html","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2014\/08\/modernity-as-an-overlearning-of-christianity-pascal-emmanuel-gobry.html","name":"\"Modernity as an Overlearning of Christianity\": Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-08-27T18:53:41+00:00","dateModified":"2014-08-27T18:53:41+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/#\/schema\/person\/ca04686b93c92257f019070302a23415"},"description":"good food for thought all the way through: ...Heresy therefore always poses a tricky double challenge for orthodoxy: a heresy that affirms a thing","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2014\/08\/modernity-as-an-overlearning-of-christianity-pascal-emmanuel-gobry.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2014\/08\/modernity-as-an-overlearning-of-christianity-pascal-emmanuel-gobry.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2014\/08\/modernity-as-an-overlearning-of-christianity-pascal-emmanuel-gobry.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"“Modernity as an Overlearning of Christianity”: Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/","name":"Eve Tushnet","description":"Conservatism reborn in twisted sisterhood","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/#\/schema\/person\/ca04686b93c92257f019070302a23415","name":"Eve Tushnet","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be87ff28da150cb07788911c22e42ae2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be87ff28da150cb07788911c22e42ae2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Eve Tushnet"},"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/author\/evetushnet"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1071"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8771\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}