Ray Waddle

Thinking about Things and Other Frivolities

History & Biography

“What does it mean to be a theologian? As this scrupulous memoir reveals, the remarkable Edward Farley brings a rare sensibility to the pursuit of his vocation. He insists on an exacting investigation of the nature of the real world, while refusing to reduce experience to complacent abstractions. All the while he carries a poet's openness and a musician's high spirits to the unyielding mysteries of human transformation, and to the mystery behind the mysteries.”