In the October 8 issue of Newsweek, <\/em>which has Mitt Romney on the cover, the \u201cEditor\u2019s Desk\u201d column contains this:<\/p>\n All theologies (especially orthodox theologies) can seem oddball when you look at them closely . . ..<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n I have to admit, my intuition is precisely the opposite. It\u2019s the do-it-yourself, Shelia-istic, pop-star syncretism, eclectic New-Age-y stuff that seems \u201coddball\u201d to me. \u201cOrthodox\u201d theologies \u2014 when you look at them \u201cclosely \u2014 don\u2019t seem \u201coddball\u201d at all. What was it Chesterton said about \u201cbelieving anything\u201d?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the October 8 issue of Newsweek, which has Mitt Romney on the cover, the \u201cEditor\u2019s Desk\u201d column contains this: All theologies (especially orthodox theologies) can seem oddball when you look at them closely . . .. I have to admit, my intuition is precisely the opposite. It\u2019s the do-it-yourself, Shelia-istic, pop-star syncretism, eclectic New-Age-y […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2958,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,160,98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-rick-garnett","category-theology"],"yoast_head":"\n\n