{"id":11507,"date":"2012-12-18T16:35:05","date_gmt":"2012-12-18T21:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=11507"},"modified":"2012-12-18T16:35:05","modified_gmt":"2012-12-18T21:35:05","slug":"theologian-trading-cards-giveaway-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/12\/theologian-trading-cards-giveaway-winners.html","title":{"rendered":"Theologian Trading Cards Giveaway Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"\"<\/a>\"\"The time is up for entries in the giveaway \u2013 now it is time to pick winners<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Using Random.org<\/a> the following comments and commenters have been selected at random as the winners of one of the three sets of Theologian Trading Cards with a signed card each:<\/p>\n

5 \u00a0 \u00a0 Kevin A. Wilson \u00a0(Kevin Vanhoozer\u00a0signed card)<\/p>\n

29 \u00a0\u201cJames\u201d \u00a0(Elisabeth Schussler-Fiorenza\u00a0signed card)<\/p>\n

94 \u00a0Kevin Fiske \u00a0(N. T. Wright signed card)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Please get in touch quickly via e-mail to jfmcgrat AT butler DOT edu and provide me with a mailing address to which your prize can be sent. And if you have a preference for a different signed card than the one I assigned, let me know and I\u2019ll gladly ask Zondervan if it\u2019s possible).<\/p>\n

Now for the hard part \u2013 picking the best comment, and thus the winner of the fourth set. This part is the reason it has taken me so long to post the winners. I had the random winners chosen this morning, but have found it hard to choose the best comment.<\/p>\n

I like very much the suggestion that there ought to be a James F. McGrath card, which more than one person made. While I decided that I wasn\u2019t going to award the card for blatant pandering alone, I trust that Norman Jeune III is listening to that one\u2026and if he does make a James F. McGrath card, I will happily sign them for anyone who asks me to!<\/p>\n

I also liked the fact that someone shared a link to a set of rules and cards for \u201cPhilosophers Gone Wild\u201d to be played according to the rules of \u201cMagic: The Gathering.\u201d If someone had done that with the actual theologian cards, I would have been so happy, and they might have won. There was an offer to do so, but no one actually proposed rules or a way to use these cards with existing rules. And so, alas, for now we still only have trading as an option, and no rules for games.<\/p>\n

But<\/em>\u00a0when the game does get invented, there is already a theme song. And so I declare the most impressive comment to be\u2026that by Micah Did-Dell<\/a>! Here\u2019s the song lyrics he provided, based on the Pokemon theme:<\/p>\n

I wanna be the very best<\/p>\n

Like no one ever was<\/p>\n

To collect them is my real test<\/p>\n

To learn them is my cause<\/p>\n

I will study across the land<\/p>\n

Searching far and wide<\/p>\n

Each doctrine to understand<\/p>\n

The power that\u2019s inside<\/p>\n

THEOLOGY! Gotta learn it all!<\/p>\n

Augustine, it\u2019s you and me<\/p>\n

I know it\u2019s my destiny<\/p>\n

Aquinas, oh, you\u2019re my best friend<\/p>\n

In a faith we must defend<\/p>\n

Barth, a heart so true<\/p>\n

Our exegesis will pull us through!<\/p>\n

You teach me and I\u2019ll teach you<\/p>\n

THEOLOGY! Gotta learn it all!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Congratulations to the winners. Again, let me know where to send your prizes as soon as possible, and I will pass that information on to Zondervan. I hope they reach you in time for Christmas! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

If you didn\u2019t win one of the sets of Theologian Trading Cards in the giveaway, you can click through here to Amazon.com where they are still on sale!<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The time is up for entries in the giveaway \u2013 now it is time to pick winners! Using Random.org the following comments and commenters have been selected at random as the winners of one of the three sets of Theologian Trading Cards with a signed card each: 5 \u00a0 \u00a0 Kevin A. 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