tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8528726533183046827.post9051984365364774658..comments2009-11-11T15:54:19.216-06:00Comments on Thoughts and Comments: Baptism and Social ContractGreg Fieldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09238406011882776341noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8528726533183046827.post-90305050823856385822009-01-06T10:42:00.000-06:002009-01-06T10:42:00.000-06:00Got to Yoder via Hauerwas. I do like him as well, ...Got to Yoder via Hauerwas. I do like him as well, mostly because of his heavy use of philo. First book I read of his referenced Foucault, Hegel, Wittgenstein in the first few pages. Again, i love philo. He also has much to say about community of believers. As far as Locke is concerned, I do not like the dicotomy created btwn the indiv and the community. The individual is defined through his Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09536554851754783621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8528726533183046827.post-40510007085634701282009-01-05T23:41:00.000-06:002009-01-05T23:41:00.000-06:00Wow - thanks for the thoughtful post. Actually, I ...Wow - thanks for the thoughtful post. Actually, I did finish the book but have not had time to get back to a paragraph by paragraph summary. I've not read much Yoder - more Hauerwas. I do love the stress in his writing on Christianity being a rival politic - though I can't say much more than that. A Trinitarian view of reality also plays a central part in this discussion as well. It seems to me Greg Fieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09238406011882776341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8528726533183046827.post-73992043038495731752009-01-05T00:56:00.000-06:002009-01-05T00:56:00.000-06:00all mucho interesting, as political theory is a lo...all mucho interesting, as political theory is a long love of mine. why did you stop blogging? the questions raised about the connections/in-congruencies btwn baptism and social contract (post enlightenment individual) may support my own ideas -crazy as they may be. anyway, it's been over a year now. i'm sure you've finished the book. funny, i never regarded my baptism with any sense of a Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09536554851754783621noreply@blogger.com