What is bad theology?
What is bad theology? To ask that question presupposes there is such a thing as 'good theology' which could be contrasted with the bad. For people of Christian or any other religious faith there is a danger that we think of good theology as that theological position with which we agree. There is also a danger of thinking of bad theology as whatever is alien to the theological view we hold. Aware that I am immediately falling into that latter trap, I still want to share with you 2 comments on good and bad theology with which I agree. They were written by Amos Smith. "Good theology builds bridges and heals divisions in our minds and in our world." "Bad theology builds walls between people, and promotes violence." I found these here on the Recover Christianity's Mystic Roots website written by Amos Smith. How would you characterise 'bad theology'? What sort of theology do you think is 'good theology'? Does it matter...