Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Theologian seems completely unaware of the teaching of Jesus about becoming the poor

Robin Lane Fox in 2013
Here, for whom it is also news that rich ancient luminaries were expected to be benefactors of their cities and so on, something Robin Lane Fox discussed way back in the 1980s. Patron-client relationship and all that.

What do they teach the Christian theologians these days? Obviously not classical antiquity, its milieu.

The whole thing is quite astonishingly uninformed really, until you realize this theologian is a Paulinist and wouldn't know much about the teaching of Jesus anyway because Paul didn't, which is the relevant point lost on one who is going to worship an unknown Jesus whilst pondering voting Labour in the 21st century.