Good Post!

“In Christ’s name, a man may have to choose that which seems not of Christ; and in the cause of the knowledge of God, a man may have to turn his back on more than the silly respectabilities of so-called religious philosophy.” — “Philosophy and Christology,” Borderlands of Theology, 72.

“We need to imbue that which belongs to liturgical tradition with a deeply interrogative quality, compelling questioning of the very substance of the liturgy itself as we have received it. … We must learn all that is involved in refusing to say that the dominion of God over his world is manifested here but not there.” — “Parable and Sacrament,” Explorations in Theology, 179-80.

“If eucharistic worship is a strangely dangerous reality, it is so because when an effort is made to reckon with its many dimensions we are compelled to see that if it is the place of understanding, it is also the place where misunderstandings of many sorts may assume an obstinate permanence in the life of the spirit.” — “Parable and Sacrament,” 181.

I should say I mainly posted them because I think they are both great quotes in and of themselves with or without bearing on the conversation of who is “right”.

And yeah, sadly I comment on other people’s blogs far too little.

So he using it in reference to Corinthians and how God does actually show up in those instance of the community of faith. I realize this might be exactly what you and Kerr aren’t interested in, so obviously the difference remains. And I don’t know enough about McCormack to imagine what he would say to Hauerwas here.
But thanks for the comment. I think is the first time you have commented here!

What we are saying is that regardless and irrespective of our “language” God has shown up and scared the hell out of us and therefore we cannot do other than say “Jesus is Lord.”