person privileging and do we agree with the weight he or she is giving to it?” The answer to that question not only helps us to understand the individual’s position but also allows us to decide whether or not we wish to privilege the same material. Some of the underlying items that have been privileged in various theologies would include experience, tradition, reason, revelation, and the word of God.6 Sometimes the source is the biblical text and at other times the source is philosophy or experience.