[Oe List ...] info on Tom Oden

[W. J.]

Bill Salmon, try this link for more accurate information:
   
  http://www.theird.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?pid=442&srcid=183
   
  Any comments on the IRD? (No, Bill, NOT the IERD.) From my perspective it's an extreme fringe of the Religious Right that, among other things, is trying to cause a scism in United? Methodism. Just wait till April.
   
  And it's particularly sad that Tom Oden has flip-flopped on his understanding of TWLI and has jumped into their waiting arms. His book, The Rebirth of Orthodoxy: Signs of New Life in Christianity, excoriating Hillary, is a BIG CLUE.
   
  Marshall
  

Marilyn R Crocker <marilyncrocker at juno.com> wrote:
          Hi Bill,
   
  I'd love to hear that story about the IERD book writing team, since Joe was there with you -- and so far I've never heard that tale :-)
   
  Marilyn
   
  On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 14:46:29 -0600 "Bill Salmon" <wsalmon at cox.net> writes:
    Jim Wheeler, a local colleague from OKC, is a long-time friend of Tom Oden. Tom read Wheeler's (and my own) Credo at Perkins back in 1960. Jim tells me that Oden wrote his own Phd. dissertation on "Radical Obedience: the ethics of Rudolph Bulrmann." Jim believes that Oden's work may be referenced as supporting material in the Bultmann lecture. 
      Wheeler reports that the next time he an Tom visit he'll bring up the topic. 
      At present Tom Oden is the brother of Bill Oden, a United Methodist Bishop. Tom is a member of a conservative Think Tank called The Institute of Religious Democracy; this title is close but may not be entirely accurate. Anyway, Oden is a guiding light in the UM Renewal Movement; such as it is (I said cynically). 
      A web search will reveal biographies of both men. Also, the search for the title of the book comes up easily. 
      If I got the story right, Tom--as a part of this think tank--had an audience with the Pope in Rome. After introductions, the Pope and the team sat down for tea, and the Pope asked Tom if he was related to Bishop Bill Oden who was raised in OKC, etc. Interesting that we live in a small world--but--what the hell--we've lived that now for almost 50 years.  
          By-the-way, Weigle, do you want the story of the book writing team in Rome when we ran out of money and used my credit card. Then had a celebrative meal at a local family Italian restaurant? 
      Anyway, for what it is worth. 
      Pastor Bill 
   

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