Having read some of his equivocations on the TEC/ECUSA meltdown, I can say he elevates obfuscation into a fine art. If that's brilliance, then he's a genuine egghead.
Well . . . that depends on how you define 'brilliant'. If by that you mean 'academic with pointy head full of obscure useless knowledge with which he can obfuscate at will', I'll agree with you.
He's a typical intellectual who knows more and more about less and less. Unfortunately, somewhere along the way he abandoned common sense and even the human instinct for mere survival. He's a hothouse plant that can only flourish where others do the heavy lifting.
I can live without that sort of 'brilliant'. That's why I am no longer an Anglican.