Fides ex auditu

About J. Andrew Edwards

I’m in the comprehensive exam stage of a doctoral program in systematic theology at Wycliffe College, University of Toronto. Previously I completed the M.Phil. at the University of St Andrews, edited Lectionary Homiletics, and completed both the M.Div. and the Th.M. at Union Theological Seminary in Virginia (now Union Presbyterian Seminary). My undergraduate work was at Virginia Wesleyan College.

I am a lifelong (well, since infant baptism) United Methodist interested in both intra-denominational integrity and ecumenical dialogue (at their best, the two are mutually supportive). My theological interests are in ecclesiology, ethics, ecumenical dialogue, hermeneutics, theologies of-and-through the arts/music, Barth, Schleiermacher, and the Wesley brothers (principally, emancipating Charles from obscurity). My most recent research has examined the relationship between intellect and will in 13th century scholasticism and Karl Barth’s theological epistemology. I can also be occasionally found blogging at Rock and Theology.

An earlier incarnation of this blog is over on Blogger, if you want to check that out. It’s old stuff, though.

If you’re wondering about the title of this blog, Fides ex auditu, it’s the title of my M.Phil. thesis (subtitle: “Dogmatic theology and the ecclesial practice of music”). Though it’s a bit of plagiarism from St Paul via St Jerome: it comes from the Latin Vulgate of Romans 10.17: “So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the word of Christ.” (RSV)