I would like to post extensively on Magnifica Humanitas (which I am working through this week ahead of sharing in a podcast about it, organised by a local Catholic priest). Alas, time is short this week, and urgent people-oriented tasks must be concluded before week's end - which has an exciting end to it, the ordination of Archdeacon Susan Wallace as the next Pihopa o Te Hui Amorangi o Te Waipounamu, at 11 am on Saturday 6 June 2026.
So, failing that, but in the hope that perhaps next week is chronologically less challenged, I simply post the link to this article by keith Johnson, "A Strange Examination" which is a reflective account of a significant couple of moments in the 1930s history of German Christianity, with Karl Barth in a starring role, challenging the notion of God speaking through two voices, and the notion that grace perfects nature.
Although the article does not draw all implications out, the voice of Karl Barth in this article is a challenge to me (re some of my posts here), to some currents in Roman Catholic theological debate in the 20th and 21st centuries (re nature/grace), as well as to "Christian nationalism" in its various, current manifestations.
A big "hat tip" and thank you to a commenter here, Elizabeth, who supplied the link to the article in a comment to last week's post.
Onwards!
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