Tony Baker
@anthonydbaker.bsky.social
Theology Professor at Seminary of the Southwest, Austin, Texas. Theologian in residence at St Julian of Norwich Episcopal Church, Round Rock, Texas.
Fun game: which is a postmodern Greek theologian, which is a groundbreaking jazz composer?
May 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Fun game: which is a postmodern Greek theologian, which is a groundbreaking jazz composer?
I’m thinking he chose Leo in homage to Leo I, and things are about to get crunk with dyothelitism
May 9, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I’m thinking he chose Leo in homage to Leo I, and things are about to get crunk with dyothelitism
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List of popes by conference:
0 - AAC
0 - A10
0 - Atlantic Coast
0 - Atlantic Sun
0 - Big 12
1 - Big East
0 - Big Sky
0 - Big South
0 - Big 10
0 - Big West
0 - CAA
0 - CUSA
0 - Horizon
0 - Ivy
0 - MAAC
0 - MAC
0 - Mountain West
0 - NEC
0 - Ohio Valley
0 - Patriot League
0 - SEC
0 - SWAC
0 - Sun Belt
0 - AAC
0 - A10
0 - Atlantic Coast
0 - Atlantic Sun
0 - Big 12
1 - Big East
0 - Big Sky
0 - Big South
0 - Big 10
0 - Big West
0 - CAA
0 - CUSA
0 - Horizon
0 - Ivy
0 - MAAC
0 - MAC
0 - Mountain West
0 - NEC
0 - Ohio Valley
0 - Patriot League
0 - SEC
0 - SWAC
0 - Sun Belt
May 8, 2025 at 8:59 PM
List of popes by conference:
0 - AAC
0 - A10
0 - Atlantic Coast
0 - Atlantic Sun
0 - Big 12
1 - Big East
0 - Big Sky
0 - Big South
0 - Big 10
0 - Big West
0 - CAA
0 - CUSA
0 - Horizon
0 - Ivy
0 - MAAC
0 - MAC
0 - Mountain West
0 - NEC
0 - Ohio Valley
0 - Patriot League
0 - SEC
0 - SWAC
0 - Sun Belt
0 - AAC
0 - A10
0 - Atlantic Coast
0 - Atlantic Sun
0 - Big 12
1 - Big East
0 - Big Sky
0 - Big South
0 - Big 10
0 - Big West
0 - CAA
0 - CUSA
0 - Horizon
0 - Ivy
0 - MAAC
0 - MAC
0 - Mountain West
0 - NEC
0 - Ohio Valley
0 - Patriot League
0 - SEC
0 - SWAC
0 - Sun Belt
It’s such an honor to read a review that engages so thoughtfully with _Leaving Emmaus._
May 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
It’s such an honor to read a review that engages so thoughtfully with _Leaving Emmaus._
Medieval Catholics added purgatory to heaven and hell as part of the eschatological landscape. “Eastern theology, fortunately, never achieved such topographic completeness.” Ha!
May 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Medieval Catholics added purgatory to heaven and hell as part of the eschatological landscape. “Eastern theology, fortunately, never achieved such topographic completeness.” Ha!
When I reviewed Bulgakov’s Bride of the Lamb 21 years ago, i recall thinking that the last 200 pages were filled with gems buried in endless redundancies. Now that I’ve reread them: gems buried in endless redundancies
May 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
When I reviewed Bulgakov’s Bride of the Lamb 21 years ago, i recall thinking that the last 200 pages were filled with gems buried in endless redundancies. Now that I’ve reread them: gems buried in endless redundancies
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Fortunately state governments don’t, so far as I know, get to erase heavenly biographies. I imagine Ms Murray is laughing at the petty mortals in DC these days
Fortunately state governments don’t, so far as I know, get to erase heavenly biographies. I imagine Ms Murray is laughing at the petty mortals in DC these days
Pauli Murray Center denounces removal of the priest’s biography from National Park Service website
[Episcopal News Service] The Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice in Durham, North Carolina, has denounced the removal of a biography of Murray from the National Park Service website …
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April 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Fortunately state governments don’t, so far as I know, get to erase heavenly biographies. I imagine Ms Murray is laughing at the petty mortals in DC these days
Fortunately state governments don’t, so far as I know, get to erase heavenly biographies. I imagine Ms Murray is laughing at the petty mortals in DC these days
“As above, so below” could be the tagline of von Balthasar’s entire theological project. Except for the snaggle he gets into about how the Trinity inverts itself in the missions.
April 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
“As above, so below” could be the tagline of von Balthasar’s entire theological project. Except for the snaggle he gets into about how the Trinity inverts itself in the missions.
In the studio talking aphophasis and kataphasis with Fr. Maximos Constas
April 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
In the studio talking aphophasis and kataphasis with Fr. Maximos Constas
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We’re overdue for another song about jumping. Kris Kross, House of Pain, the Pointer Sisters, and Van Halen have carried the torch honorably for many years, but I think we’re ready for a new jumping song.
April 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
We’re overdue for another song about jumping. Kris Kross, House of Pain, the Pointer Sisters, and Van Halen have carried the torch honorably for many years, but I think we’re ready for a new jumping song.
"The distance between the Persons... is the foundation of contemplation."
It may turn out that anything helpful I ever say about the Trinity is a footnote to von Balthasar. I think I'm cool with that.
It may turn out that anything helpful I ever say about the Trinity is a footnote to von Balthasar. I think I'm cool with that.
April 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
"The distance between the Persons... is the foundation of contemplation."
It may turn out that anything helpful I ever say about the Trinity is a footnote to von Balthasar. I think I'm cool with that.
It may turn out that anything helpful I ever say about the Trinity is a footnote to von Balthasar. I think I'm cool with that.
The preponderance of uninterpreted von Speyr quotations in von Balthasar’s work is one of the great oddities of 20th theology. In Theo-Drama V it comprises nearly 1/2 of the book
April 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The preponderance of uninterpreted von Speyr quotations in von Balthasar’s work is one of the great oddities of 20th theology. In Theo-Drama V it comprises nearly 1/2 of the book
“It is just not right to look at other people’s cards” (404).
It took von Balthasar 15 volumes to get to that core ontological truth.
It took von Balthasar 15 volumes to get to that core ontological truth.
April 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
“It is just not right to look at other people’s cards” (404).
It took von Balthasar 15 volumes to get to that core ontological truth.
It took von Balthasar 15 volumes to get to that core ontological truth.
As promised: here’s what Tillich thought about Schelling’s #eschatology
April 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
As promised: here’s what Tillich thought about Schelling’s #eschatology
Roving office during sabbatical
April 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Roving office during sabbatical
April 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
April 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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I’m considering posting 1 minute reviews of my readings in #eschatology. Would that be interesting to the #theology Blue-niverse?
April 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I’m considering posting 1 minute reviews of my readings in #eschatology. Would that be interesting to the #theology Blue-niverse?
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30 second review of Ratzinger’s #eschatology
April 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
30 second review of Ratzinger’s #eschatology
30 second review of Ratzinger’s #eschatology
April 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
30 second review of Ratzinger’s #eschatology
I’m considering posting 1 minute reviews of my readings in #eschatology. Would that be interesting to the #theology Blue-niverse?
April 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I’m considering posting 1 minute reviews of my readings in #eschatology. Would that be interesting to the #theology Blue-niverse?
Today’s reading, as I continue exploring the wonders of eschatology
April 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Today’s reading, as I continue exploring the wonders of eschatology
Good to talk creation contemplation with the folks at the beautiful Christ Church Cathedral in Houston today
April 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Good to talk creation contemplation with the folks at the beautiful Christ Church Cathedral in Houston today