Questions Gordon D. Fee Would Ask Craig S. Keener
This article examines the real intellectual friction between Gordon D. Fee and Craig S. Keener. Below is a PhD-level reconstruction of the kinds of questions each would likely press on the other, based on their published methodologies, emphases, and tensions. 1. Questions Gordon D. Fee Would Ask Craig S. Keener Fee’s questions would focus on theological coherence, canon, and control of experience. 1.1 On Normativity of Narrative “How do you prevent narrative from becoming normatively binding without clear criteria?” • Fee would press Keener to clarify: o Which Lukan patterns are repeatable o Which are historically contingent Underlying concern: Without controls, narrative theology risks becoming selective and subjective. 1.2 On Unity of the Spirit’s Work “If Luke presents varied sequences of Spirit reception, how do you maintain a unified theology of the Spirit?” • Fee would argue: o Paul presents the Spirit as inseparable fro...