Comments on: YUBA Theology http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2010/10/yuba-theology/ A First Things Blog Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:35:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Holly Ordway http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2010/10/yuba-theology/#comment-14543 Holly Ordway Sat, 09 Oct 2010 03:38:30 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=9037#comment-14543 Thanks! That mnemonic will stick with me, too, I suspect, and to good effect. I am not a theologian, but much of my writing and ministry work involves making literature, apologetics, doctrine, and so on accessible and meaningful to a broad audience -- that presumably includes many of the YUBA. Along similar lines, the way that I've been keeping myself on the right track for when I teach at my church is to ask "Why does this matter?" If I can't answer that in a way that's clear and meaningful to my fellow non-academic parishioners, then I need to go back and think about it some more. For instance, this week I've been working on a lecture on how to understand and appreciate the language used in the Anglican Rite 1 liturgy (which is very poetic and uses a lot of older stylistic conventions, such as the use of "thee" and "thou"). For me, it's interesting and satisfying in its own right to think about language, but the real question is, why does this matter? It matters because the Rite 1 language is theologically richer and more profound than the modernized equivalent -- even the thees & thous are theologically significant, in fact! -- and a better understanding will lead to deeper worship and a better theological understanding. In fact, I can see that it's relevant for the young, the unlearned, the busy, and the afflicted... yes, this will be a helpful rubric! Thanks! That mnemonic will stick with me, too, I suspect, and to good effect. I am not a theologian, but much of my writing and ministry work involves making literature, apologetics, doctrine, and so on accessible and meaningful to a broad audience — that presumably includes many of the YUBA.

Along similar lines, the way that I’ve been keeping myself on the right track for when I teach at my church is to ask “Why does this matter?”

If I can’t answer that in a way that’s clear and meaningful to my fellow non-academic parishioners, then I need to go back and think about it some more. For instance, this week I’ve been working on a lecture on how to understand and appreciate the language used in the Anglican Rite 1 liturgy (which is very poetic and uses a lot of older stylistic conventions, such as the use of “thee” and “thou”). For me, it’s interesting and satisfying in its own right to think about language, but the real question is, why does this matter? It matters because the Rite 1 language is theologically richer and more profound than the modernized equivalent — even the thees & thous are theologically significant, in fact! — and a better understanding will lead to deeper worship and a better theological understanding.

In fact, I can see that it’s relevant for the young, the unlearned, the busy, and the afflicted… yes, this will be a helpful rubric!

]]> By: Flotsam and jetsam (10/7) « scientia et sapientia http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2010/10/yuba-theology/#comment-14473 Flotsam and jetsam (10/7) « scientia et sapientia Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:47:42 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=9037#comment-14473 [...] Sanders has an excellent post on the importance of YUBA theology – that is, theology that is available to and relevant for the Young, Unlearned, Busy, and [...] [...] Sanders has an excellent post on the importance of YUBA theology – that is, theology that is available to and relevant for the Young, Unlearned, Busy, and [...]

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