Who Is the Most Influential American Theologian?

[Aaron Blumer]

Completely different topic, Bert.

Yes, there has been a hero worship problem. Not relevant.

(Nor is the “believe every bad thing you hear about a leader” problem, so I won’t bring that up. ;-))

Yup, taking polls on “who is the most significant American theologian” has absolutely nothing to do with hero worship. Certainly no one would ever use a person’s celebrity to make incredibly stupid decisions regarding that person’s work.

/sarcasm_off

When Time named Stanley Hauerwas “America’s Best Theologian,” he was bemused, saying “ ‘Best’ is not a theological category.”