Of note, at Dabar last week, I introduced myself to Kevin Vanhoozer as an “indigenous theologian.” Vanhoozer is known for his work on theologians in the church, and pastors as theologians. To my dismay he said, “no, you are an amateur theologian.” He meant I did it “for the love of it”, but I think it just means I’m not a professional…
Any how, at my Dabar session, I explained to everyone that Kevin “informs me that I am an amateur theologians, which means you can just ignore everything I am about to say.” Everyone laughed, and the moderator agreed. “I guess that’s it, this session ends early.” And so went my session at Dabar. Though, kindly, they did not actually ignore everything I had to say.
I still think Vanhoozer needs another category. [@swamidass thinks to himself, “maybe if I start calling @jongarvey an indigenous theologian, then maybe It will catch on?”]