Quoted from the "Introduction" of Chap. 13 of >>Modern Theologians<< (2nd Edition), edited by Ford.
"There is no shortage of German-speaking theologians of major stature, such as Karl Barth, Rudolf Bultmann, or Karl Rahner, British theology does not ave any thologian with a chapter to himsef?"
"One important explanation of this state of affairs has contrasted the favourable philosophical context in German intellectual life with the situation in the British universities. in Germany, from the days of Immanuel Kant, philosophy was the indispensable and highly stimulating conversation-partner for successive generations of theolgoians. British theologians, who sometimes knew too little German to profit from this literature or who affected to despise it, enjoyed no comparable stimulus from their own context.
"A further explanation - or rather excuse - has frequently been offered, namely that what is called ¡§the Anglo-Saxon mind¡¨ is inherently disinclined to engage in systematic reflection... "
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