The depth charge metaphor strikes me as apt, insofar as the NT generally -- and Paul particularly -- carries on a project of values inversion (I mean that in a non-pejorative way) that was already evident in the Hebrew scriptures, but now geared to a largely Gentile audience -- the last will be first/the younger-born will hold sway over his brothers/the Messiah as Suffering Servant, etc. The influence is obvious in the case of the Reformation. I suppose it can be teased out as an influence on Enlightenment thinking, though I think the influence is a bit more muddled there than it was in earlier movements. After all, it's not hard to find examples of people who were definitely influenced by Paul who spent whole careers railing against the Enlightenment project.
I don't have time at the moment to watch the interview in its entirety but eventually will. I hope he expands on his reasons for including the Enlightenment among the fruits of Paul's influence. As it is, he simply mentions it (to the nods of his interlocutors) without really giving his reasons.
I don't have time at the moment to watch the interview in its entirety but eventually will. I hope he expands on his reasons for including the Enlightenment among the fruits of Paul's influence. As it is, he simply mentions it (to the nods of his interlocutors) without really giving his reasons.
