So I successfully made it through my first week of classes at seminary and I have compiled a list of things that only occur when you are at seminary.
1. The first party of the year is called "A Reformation Celebration: A Night of Forbidden Indulgences."
2. The Pope and Martin Luther have an epic wrestling match that ends in a hug during the aforementioned party.
3. There are people named Matthew Marcus Luke Johnstone a.k.a Gospel.
4. The simplest of conversations can be turned into an intense theological discussion of orthodoxy and penal substitutionary atonement.
5. People use words like orthodoxy and penal substitutionary atonement in everyday discourse.
6. It is common to hear Greek or Hebrew being spoken as you walk down the halls of your dorm.
7. At meals it is common to hear discussions on the theological implications of any and every TV show or movie or book.
8. Tupac Shakur is used to defend theological assertions.
9. People are thrilled about the low price of John Calvin's "Institutes of the Christian Religion."
10. Calvin's "Institutes" are read for fun.
11. When you say you are taking the class on Schleiermacher, most everyone knows exactly what you are talking about and can give you their views on the relative merits of his theology in comparison to Barth's.
12. Even while drunk, people discuss their views on predestination.
That is all I can think of at the moment, but I am sure there are plenty of other defining characteristics of seminary.
All I can say is that we are all nerds. It brings me great joy to know that I am not alone in it. In college, I was constantly picked on for my theological nerdiness (it was all in good fun and I enjoyed it. I am definitely proud of it.). It is wonderful to be in a place where everyone gets excited about the same things I do. Seminarians are definitely a very unique group.
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