The question
comes out of a context. It comes on account of an observation: in our modern-day
way of doing things—that is, in a pluralistic, democratic, and egalitarian
fashion—it appears to be very difficult, even for those who claim to think
world-viewishly, for Christians to think from a center, from an integration point.
It
appears to me that often we only give lip-service to such an endeavor, while
deep down, if we’re honest with the way we really carry out business, we don’t
think there is an integrating center. The world is a fragmented place, and nothing really holds it all together. The theologians do their thing. And political scientists do theirs. And when we're in one field, we appeal to the specialists there; when in another, we appeal to the specialists there. But there's no fundamental reality that speaks to all of reality and holds together the parts of the whole.
So here is the question: Is theology still the queen of the
sciences? Or should we just give her a place at the table? And whether the
first question gets answered yes or no, what is the upshot? Not least in
institutions like churches, universities and colleges, the family, and in the
public square?
I wonder if the question just seems passé as we
press on with progress, leaving bygone days in the dust, along with the
primitive folks who came before these days of enlightenment where we throw off—with shouts of liberation!—the shackles of the past. And by "we," I mean us, professing Christians.
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