http://currentsoffaith.com Ruminations on culture, religion, and politics from diverse perspectives of faith. Sat, 26 Feb 2011 01:04:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://currentsoffaith.com/2010/08/09/theological-reminiscences/ http://currentsoffaith.com/2010/08/09/theological-reminiscences/#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:33:22 +0000 John B. Cobb, Jr. http://currentsoffaith.com/?p=99 Off and on for years I have considered writing something autobiographical. Many of the people who live in my retirement community, Pilgrim Place, do so, as do some of my academic peers. But I have repeatedly postponed such an enterprise for a variety of reasons and might easily have kept postponing until my ability to carry it out was long gone. Current opportunities and needs always seemed more important. Indeed, I was not sure of what use any autobiography I might write would be.

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