My theological perspective
Many thanks to the Pontificator once again. A recent post on the “Theological Worldview Test” revealed him to be 96% Roman Catholic. I thought I would see how I fared. And the results are:
You scored as Neo orthodox. You are neo-orthodox. You reject the human-centeredness and skepticism of liberal theology, but neither do you go to the other extreme and make the Bible the central issue for faith. You believe that Christ is God’s most important revelation to humanity, and the Trinity is hugely important in your theology. The Bible is also important because it points us to the revelation of Christ. You are influenced by Karl Barth and P T Forsyth.
What’s your theological worldview? |
Actually, pretty true to who I am for a short quiz.
A slightly more engaging quiz reveals:
Your results for Christian Traditions Selector.
Percent Rank Item
(100%) 1: Eastern Orthodox
(98%) 2: Roman Catholic
(93%) 3: Anglican/Episcopal/Church of England
(83%) 4: Lutheran
(79%) 5: Presbyterian/Reformed
(62%) 6: Congregational/United Church of Christ
(48%) 7: Baptist (Reformed/Particular/Calvinistic)
(33%) 8: Church of Christ/Campbellite
(22%) 9: Methodist/Wesleyan/Nazarene
(18%) 10: Baptist (non-Calvinistic)/Plymouth Brethren/Fundamentalist
(16%) 11: Seventh-Day Adventist
(10%) 12: Pentecostal/Charismatic/Assemblies of God
(05%) 13: Anabaptist (Mennonite/Quaker etc.)
I seem to follow the path of the reformation pretty closely.
While taking these quizzes and thinking about theologians I recalled the words from the Wizard of Oz to the Scarecrow when the Scarecrow received his brain:
“Why, anybody can have a brain. That’s a very mediocre commodity. Every pusillanimous creature that crawls on the Earth or slinks through slimy seas has a brain. Back where I come from, we have universities, seats of great learning, where men go to become great thinkers. And when they come out, they think deep thoughts and with no more brains than you have! But they have one thing you haven’t got – a diploma.”
What looks like a good book from my neo-orthodox brethren:
Remembered Voices
Reclaiming the Legacy of “Neo-Orthodoxy”
by Douglas John Hall
Westminster / John Knox Press,
1998
176 pages,
English
Paper
ISBN: 0664257720