John Behr on the 'mind blowing' theology of the Church Fathers

Fr John Behr’s visit to Australia is just over a month away. I interviewed him recently to get a foretaste of what he will be talking to us about.

John is clearly a major thought leader in modern theology. I got a taste of this recently from a post I read by Brad Jersak. Brad had just been to a retreat on the remote Scottish island of Iona led by Rowan Williams and John Behr (made me jealous!!). He recounts how a conversation with John (and Chris Green) was very significant for him - and helped him unravel some questions that had blocked him for years. This just confirms what a treasure John is.

This interview is a foretaste - it gives us the overall sweep of John’s ‘image of God’ theology and his wondrous vision of Christ as the ultimate ‘human being’. So if you have not registered for the conference, get onto it now. The Saturday conference is one of three events we are hosting (together with Alpha Crucis and the St James Institute).

What I liked most about my chat with John was how excited he is by this vision. It is not merely academic for him but as he says ‘it blows your mind’.

PS here is a link to Brad’s post.

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