I teach theology and philosophy of religions at UChicago.
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I'm completely risk averse. I don't want to make people mad or, worse, say something that hurts them. I'm obsessive. I don't like change.
So why am I on Twitter? Because a trusted friend told me that it's actually a great place to build and maintain community. I hope he's right!
Types of Good Teacher (a non-exhaustive list):
1. The Enthusiast: this is the kind of teacher who gets really excited about ideas--in books, in class discussion, in their minds, wherever. Examples include Meghan Sullivan, Jonathan Tran, and Stanley Hauerwas.
I don't think someone can be a really good teacher unless they're pretty good at all of these things. This is true of each of my examples. But my hunch is that most good teachers are especially "at home" with one of them, and that this serves as their primary teaching persona.
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Actually, you sort of stop being stupid when you realize you were doing your best, at least a little bit, at every past age. You stop being stupid when you start being merciful, to yourself as well as others.
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Father's Day:
My dad died twenty-eight years ago next month, and so I have been without someone to wish a "happy Father's Day" to in person almost as long as I had someone to wish that to, which is a very strange thought, since every passing year I feel more and more his son.
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A lot of great work in the field of systematics focuses on one or two key religious commitments; I would characterize such work, in general, as contributions to systematic theology, rather than as systematic theologies per se.