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<\/p>\nThis quote came to my attention not long ago:<\/p>\n
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There have been lots of things related to this theme that are worth sharing. For instance, this post challenging the idea that it is being overly intellectual that leads to a focus on doctrine and assent to propositions as defining faith<\/a>, when it may be that the opposite is true:<\/p>\n I\u2019d say an intellectual disinterest in the faith has a tendency to lead to a \u201chead\u201d religion.\u00a0 American Evangelicalism is almost entirely about right belief, and the content of those right beliefs.\u00a0 This is usually not due to some veneration of the intellect (although it can be that for certain individuals or congregations), but rather a definition of faith that involves being presented with cognitive content, assenting that content is true, and then never questioning it, again.<\/p>\n This is where the person with an intellectual interest in their faith starts to part ways.\u00a0 It can\u2019t be left alone, and if someone starts poking hard enough, eventually something happens that rocks the boat.<\/p>\n It doesn\u2019t mean the boat capsizes or takes on irreparable damage, but you begin to realize that you\u2019re not pointed in the same direction, and you can\u2019t really go back.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Marika Rose writes<\/a>:<\/p>\n The problem with transcendence, as I understand it, is this: classical Christian theology in the wake of Dionysius affirms that God is a different kind or order of being than creation, such that all of the language we have for God is wildly inappropriate for speaking about God. And yet, we still speak about God.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Reason Touched By Grace: Getting Faith and Intellect on the Same Page<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n