| Finally,
Wilson
demonstrates once again why he got such a low grade in my Buddhism
class. The first half of the class is devoted to the study of Pail
Buddhism, which does not dissolve the individual self into the
Dharmakaya, but presents a view of the self that is significantly
similar to the Hebrew view of the self. A graduate student and I have
just finished a paper entitled "Hebrew and Buddhist Concepts of
Self," which I have sent to Atwood, Jones, and Wilson. (No
reply of course.) At first we vetted the paper with the best
Buddhist and Bible scholars we know, and now it is being reviewed by two
anonymous scholars chosen by the editors of Asian Philosophy.
If the paper is rejected, we promise that we will not call the reviewers
Buddha-haters, slanderers, or banshees. Would that Canon Press had
such a review mechanism for its submitted manuscripts.
15.
Most CEC colleges and universities in the Pacific Northwest regularly
attend and participate in the regional meetings of the
American
Academy
of Religion and Society for Biblical Literature. At the
Moscow
meeting in April 2003, 40 percent of the papers were presented by
faculty from these schools. As president of the region that year I
invited faculty and students from
Wilson
's New St. Andrews College (NSA) to participate. No one from NSA
showed up, even though there were no travel expenses. Later NSA Dean Roy
Atwood responded that they had better things to do.
NG:
I am still awaiting
Wilson
's reply on 15 and 16. Try not to be too superficial in your
response, Doug.
16.
Most CEC ministers would not instruct their congregants to anathemize
other evangelical churches in their area. A recent anonymous post
from a
Christ
Church
member calling himself "New Man" makes these condemnations
clear. One church is led by a solid Hebrew Bible scholar and
devout Christian who was recruited to come to
Moscow
by
Wilson
's father.
DW:
When it comes to colleges, I am critical of the mainstream evangelical
establishment. That is true. I am. Is that bad?
NG:
Once again
Wilson
has confirmed the fact that he stands apart from most CECs. These
fine Christians send their children and their financial gifts to these
well respected liberal arts colleges, where I have had the privilege to
lecture and whose faculty I meet every year at meetings of the
American
Academy
of Religion and the Society for Biblical Literature. They have my
respect and admiration;
Wilson
does not.
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