I recently discovered a theologian whom I had never heard of before, Janet Martin Soskice of Cambridge University. I became interested in her because of her book Metaphor and Religious Language. In the book, she argues that religious people are not people with a few bizarre beliefs tacked on to what normal, rational people believe. Rather, they are people who have chosen to interpret reality through certain sacred texts, stories, symbols and metaphors.
While searching the internet to learn more about her, I found an interview that I thoroughly enjoyed. She sounds like quite an interesting scholar and human being. Raised a nominal anglican, Soskice is now an active, believing Roman Catholic as well as a serious intellectual.
Here is a quotation from the interview that I especially enjoyed.
"Looking back on it, I had a very condescending attitude toward religious
believers. I assumed they were all people who needed some kind of emotional
or social crutch and could not manage on their own--which is precisely true. What
changes when you become religious is that you realize you are one of those people."
While searching the internet to learn more about her, I found an interview that I thoroughly enjoyed. She sounds like quite an interesting scholar and human being. Raised a nominal anglican, Soskice is now an active, believing Roman Catholic as well as a serious intellectual.
Here is a quotation from the interview that I especially enjoyed.
"Looking back on it, I had a very condescending attitude toward religious
believers. I assumed they were all people who needed some kind of emotional
or social crutch and could not manage on their own--which is precisely true. What
changes when you become religious is that you realize you are one of those people."
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