Peter Rollins – The Embrace of Unknowing

As we wrestle with difficult questions like evolution, I thought it might be worthwhile to reflect on Rollins’ video, which encourages us to acknowledge that these debates are about more than texts and traditions; they are about identity and the stories we tell ourselves.

Stories of who’s good and who’s bad, who’s in and who’s out, and how the Bible we so value happens to reinforce those narratives, giving them divine sanction.

Like his book Insurrection [you can read my review here] I’m wary of the way the video ends up deconstructing without offering something constructive in return, but it is an important reminder nonetheless – those stories that shape our identity may play a larger role in our supposedly objective theological and ethical debates than we’d like to admit.