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My suggestion is that you, knowing what I can and will do with written words, call upon me when "jewels and necklaces" are required and I will step up to bat as time allows!  I can see where you would want to set some kind of limit on outside links, but are you opposed to the idea of using the Symposia to present an original and distinct editorial voice in support of the mission [to cast the light of general knowledge onto the path of spiritual advancement], and for general reference purposes, use quality outside links to refer readers to standard and readily available topics? (Such as I did with Fowler and Ellul).

My suggestion is that you, knowing what I can and will do with written words, call upon me when "jewels and necklaces" are required and I will step up to bat as time allows!  I can see where you would want to set some kind of limit on outside links, but are you opposed to the idea of using the Symposia to present an original and distinct editorial voice in support of the mission [to cast the light of general knowledge onto the path of spiritual advancement], and for general reference purposes, use quality outside links to refer readers to standard and readily available topics? (Such as I did with Fowler and Ellul).

And finally, you have raised a very good point.  This article is not really about "Adolf Harnack" per se.  Nor is it about Protestant liberalism or even the historical-critical method, though all those things come into play.  If it is to remain it should be retitled according to what it really is.  I will suggest "Adolf Harnack and the Search for Hidden Christianity."  The first paragraph could be changed a bit to set up the mystery.  But it's your site and I may be exploring outside of your map here.  What do you think?  --[[User:Davidc|Davidc]] 17:09, 9 April 2009 (EDT)

And finally, you have raised a very good point.  My article is not really about "Adolf Harnack" per se.  Nor is it about Protestant liberalism or even the historical-critical method, though all those things come into play.  If it is to remain posted it should be retitled according to what it really is.  I will suggest "Adolf Harnack and the Search for Hidden Christianity."  The first paragraph could be changed a bit to set the stage.  But it's your site and I may be exploring outside of your map here.  What do you think?  --[[User:Davidc|Davidc]] 17:09, 9 April 2009 (EDT)

PS: The other day (in one of our dialogues) I denied being a "Harnackian."  Shortly after I posted that, I was thunderstruck by the realization (previously unconscious) that I, in fact, am a thoroughgoing Harnackian in two respects: (1) he is really the single most influential of all Christian theologians on my own life and thought, and (2) like Harnack, I am always in quest of the "kernel" of everything.  I suppose the reason this has gone unrealized for so long is because way back in my early studies, Harnack sort of unconsciously became a lens through which I subsequently studied everything else.  I was never looking '''AT''' the lens, just '''through''' it.

PS: The other day (in one of our dialogues) I denied being a "Harnackian."  Shortly after I posted that, I was thunderstruck by the realization (previously unconscious) that I, in fact, am a thoroughgoing Harnackian in two respects: (1) he is really the single most influential of all Christian theologians on my own life and thought, and (2) like Harnack, I am always in quest of the "kernel" of everything.  I suppose the reason this has gone unrealized for so long is because way back in my early studies, Harnack sort of unconsciously became a lens through which I subsequently studied everything else.  I was never looking '''AT''' the lens, just '''through''' it.