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" What is the message? Can faith bereft of specific beliefs speak understanding? If so, understanding of what? My concern is that the only thing Cox has to say to young people seeking spirituality is “Do good.”13 But why should we do good? And what is the good if it is not somehow rooted in the nature and work of God? Cox’s Age of the Spirit needs a normative Word. For while belief without faith is empty, faith without belief is blind. "

Kevin J. Vanhoozer , Faith Speaking Understanding: Performing the Drama of Doctrine


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Kevin J. Vanhoozer quote : What is the message? Can faith bereft of specific beliefs speak understanding? If so, understanding of what? My concern is that the only thing Cox has to say to young people seeking spirituality is “Do good.”13 But why should we do good? And what is the good if it is not somehow rooted in the nature and work of God? Cox’s Age of the Spirit needs a normative Word. For while belief without faith is empty, faith without belief is blind.