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$\"\"$ <\/a>But his approach will irritate some, while it delights me. His contention is that evangelicals ought to be at the forefront of intellectual pursuits (because of their faith), and that such a pursuit derives from who Jesus is and what Jesus did, and the womb of such intellectual endeavor is the classic creeds: Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed and the Definition of Chalcedon. He\u2019s right, and I speak this from observation: Christian traditions that eschew the creeds are the most bereft of intellectual endeavors and diminish the intellectual life the most. Think about it.<\/p>\n

Do you see anti-intellectualism in your church? How is such a view expressed? Why do you think American evangelicalism has this anti-intellectual approach?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Where have the best minds of evangelicalism emerged into fullness of form: among the Presbyterians, among the Anglicans, among the Methodists, among the Lutherans \u2026 in other words, among those evangelicals who have embraced the great (intellectual) tradition of the church. On to what Noll contends:<\/p>\n

\u201cMy contention in this book is to that coming to know Christ provides the most basic possible motive for pursuing the tasks of human learning\u201d (x). He digs in: \u201cChristian bodies that claim to follow \u2018no creed but the Bible\u2019 put themselves at an enormous disadvantage for many purposes, not least for promoting Christian learning, because they cut themselves off from the vitally important work that has been accomplished by the numberless assemblies making up the communion of saints\u201d (1).<\/p>\n

He examines the creeds as supreme expositions of Scripture (I\u2019d argue there that there is more of a dialectical relationship here, and that means the creeds flow from the regula fidei that regulated dialected which texts were authoritative and which also was derived from those same texts). He has an excellent sketch of the theme of Glory and the Lamb of God as illustrations of the concentrated energy of the earliest Christians on Jesus Christ himself.Then a good sketch of Apostles\u2019 Creed, Nicea, Constantinople and Chalcedon.<\/p>\n

Now hear how he concludes: \u201cWhat we can be drawn from the creeds? The Christian traditions that have embraced these ancient formulas, as well as the classic theologies that the creeds have anchored, provide the scope and the depth required for practicing a Christian scholarship worthy of the name\u201d (21-22). So the \u201cgreat hope for Christian learning is to delve deeper into the Christian faith itself\u201d (22). \u201cIntellectually, there is no other way.\u201d<\/p>\n

And this flourishing claim:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe light of Christ illuminates the laboratory,
\nhis speech is the fount of communication,
\nhe makes possible the study of humans in all their interactions,
\nhe is the source of all life,
\nhe provides the wherewithal for every achievement of human civilization,
\nhe is the telos of all that is beautiful.
\nHe is, among his many other titles, the Christ of the Academic Road\u201d (22).<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"