June 27, 2005
Anselm
I snagged these results from a quiz linked to by Tyler. According to the authors, I'm closest to Anselm, and a second attempt gives the same order with slightly different numbers:
 | You scored as Anselm. Anselm is the outstanding theologian of the medieval period.He sees man's primary problem as having failed to render unto God what we owe him, so God becomes man in Christ and gives God what he is due. You should read 'Cur Deus Homo?'
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It's nice to see that the major Reformational theologians are at the top of the list, and I think I'm different enough from Augustine to warrant him being so low on the list. I've absolutely no problem with Tillich being at the bottom, but I think I have a slightly higher view of Barth than is suggested here.
As an interesting conicidence, I just finished watching Luther with my parents. It's quite good, for those who haven't seen it.
I'm suddenly very busy. See, I've got this job thing. I'm not doing too badly either. With just over two full weeks of employment, I've already moved around $3400 of product and been promoted twice. It's a living.
I scored as "Barth." I'm guessing it has a lot to do with my recent interest in ministering to Postmoderns. I'm sure that if I took the quiz a year ago, or perhaps again like you did, it would come out different.
You scored as Karl Barth. The daddy of 20th Century theology. You perceive liberal theology to be a disaster and so you insist that the revelation of Christ, not human experience, should be the starting point for all theology.Thanks for the link. Posted by: Scott at June 28, 2005 12:03 AM
I'm a Barthian too. Not really a shocker. Lots of Jesus, lots of lit crit, and here we are. Only 47 percent on Luther and Calvin. Also not a stunning turn, especially after I punched "no" about 18 times on "the papacy is a tool of the devil."
Posted by: mesh at June 28, 2005 10:37 AMYeah, I hit that one with a big negative too. That's almost certainly the question that put Calvin ahead of Luther on my results, the latter being significantly more moderate than the former about those things.
Posted by: ryan at June 28, 2005 10:58 AMI'm Anselm too. Does that surprise... anyone? He's the only medieval on the list. Reading into a couple of the questions, I'll bet they're not giving Augustine a fair shake.
The music one kind of made me go "?"
Posted by: lang at June 28, 2005 11:18 AM