Friday, August 11, 2006

Why Evangelicals Can't Write

Modern Protestants can't write because we have no sacramental theology...
Credenda - Why Evangelicals Can't Write by Peter Leithart

1 comment:

Fred said...

An excellent article which makes a point that all well-meaning Christians - including Catholics - should heed. I found the following quote applicable to my preparations to teach this year:

"For O'Connor, a writer is first of all responsible to produce a written work that has integrity and a form of its own, whatever effect it might have on the reader."

Like the writer, the teacher must produce his work according to a specific form that has an integrity that the student can accept or reject. The teacher must resist the temptation to make things palatable in order to get students to embrace truth without ever exercising their freedom.