see, i know very little of formal theology - in fact i think i know very little of theology in general, at least as a proper study. what would you recommend as a starting place for someone who is moderately familiar with christian doctrine, and hasn't really read a bible in a long time but if given chapter & verse can still flip to a particular passage fairly quickly? (that is not a particularly useful parameter for religious knowledge, probably - how quickly can you flip to this verse! aka do you have a vague recollection of where this book is located! - but perhaps speaks to some level of familiarity anyway.)

i imagine i know even less than i think i do, so uh. be gentle with me! because i would really like to read thinky thoughts on theology and philosophy, but am sort of terrified because i've done little enough formal study on either and i'm afraid of being lost simply because i don't even know enough of the basic vocabulary/ideas to keep up. i mean, i've read like, some of c.s. lewis' various writings - mere christianity, the problem of pain, the great divorce, the screwtape letters, etc - but uh, i do not think that is any kind of preparation for the kind of theological studies you are doing.

(also i really love reading the snippets of thought you post about your theological studies. <3)