peter rollins & phyllis tickle

I just came across some great little video clips, from over at the emergent village, of a conversation between Peter Rollins and Phyllis Tickle. They cover a lot ground on all things emerg-ing/ent/ence. There are few videos, but my favorite was the second, Peter Rollins gets into some philosophic-theological territory for just long enough to get your head buzzing like a third cup of coffee.

Here are a few statements from the second video:

Peter Rollins: “I’m fascinated by the idea that there is a traumatic event in the biblical text, and that this is where the truth of the Bible is. … The truth is in the rupture that creates those words and that gives life to those words.”

Peter Rollins: “For me, revelation (means) you can’t hear it unless it transforms your social existence, unless it changes you utterly and dynamically.”

Peter Rollins: “We’re the object, and God is the absolute subject. … Not everything that exists can be objectified. If I take my life (for example), I can’t experience my life. It’s my life that opens me up to experience. I can’t see the light. It’s the light that allows me to see. And I say that God is so close and so intimate that we can’t reflect, it’s what we reflect from. … When God enters the world, every object changes for us.”

I haven’t encountered any of the thoughts by Peter Rollins, though I’ve heard his name being thrown around before. After hearing him speak, it really makes me want to check him out some more, see what kind of stuff he has written or is doing.