During the 2012-2013 academic year, Biola University’s Center for Christian Thought brought together a number of philosophers, theologians, and scientists to discuss the relationship between traditional views of the mind and body in light of the contemporary findings of neuroscience. Neuroscience and the Soul: The Human Person in Philosophy, Science, and Theology (2016) represents theContinue reading “Neuroscience and the Soul”
Category Archives: Philosophy
Love: Creaturely and Divine
On the fifth week of the 2017 AT Seminar Series Sameer Yadav, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Westmont University, delivered a paper titled “Love: Creaturely and Divine.” In his paper Yadav dealt with Schellenberg’s divine hiddenness argument by providing what could be called a “Plantingian Divine Imaging Defense.” An Overview of “Love: Creaturely andContinue reading “Love: Creaturely and Divine”
Thoughts About 2017’s Jewish Philosophical Theology Workshop in Jerusalem
As I mentioned before on this blog, I recently spent some time in Jerusalem for a Jewish philosophical theology workshop. In light of my time there, I decided to write a few blog posts for Fuller Seminary’s Analytic Theology Blog. Below you will find the links to various blogs, including a blog where I interactContinue reading “Thoughts About 2017’s Jewish Philosophical Theology Workshop in Jerusalem”
Redeeming Edwards’s Doctrine of Hell: An “Edwardsean” Account
This month an article I wrote defending the traditional doctrine of hell was published in Themelios 42.2. In this article I argue that despite being subject to a serious philosophical objection, an Edwardsean doctrine of hell is defensible. In order to defend this version of the doctrine of hell I suggest we start by thinkingContinue reading “Redeeming Edwards’s Doctrine of Hell: An “Edwardsean” Account”
Book Note: Embodied Souls, Ensouled Bodies
In the last several decades, theological anthropology has witnessed a Christocentric turn. Whether it was Ray Anderson’s claim that “only the humanity of Christ… discloses the radical form of true humanity” (1982), John Zizioulas’s understanding that “the mystery of man reveals itself fully only in the light of Christ” (1975), or Millard Erickson’s belief thatContinue reading “Book Note: Embodied Souls, Ensouled Bodies”
The Philosophy of the Hebrew Bible
I no longer find myself sitting in the bright, sunny, and (awfully) hot Mediterranean climate of Pasadena, rather I find myself sitting in the bright, sunny, and (awfully) hot Mediterranean climate of Jerusalem. So why am I here? To engage with a similar sort of project that the AT project is engaged with at FullerContinue reading “The Philosophy of the Hebrew Bible”
Eleonore Stump to Speak at Fuller Seminary
Love: Creaturely and Divine
On the fifth week of the AT Seminar Series Sameer Yadav, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Westmont University, delivered a paper titled “Love: Creaturely and Divine.” In his paper Yadav dealt with Schellenberg’s divine hiddenness argument by providing what could be called a “Plantingian Divine Imaging Defense.” An Overview of “Love: Creaturely and Divine”Continue reading “Love: Creaturely and Divine”
The Herzl Institute – Young Scholars Workshop
Today I got word that I was accepted to be a participant at the Herzel Institute (Jerusalem) Young Scholar’s Workshop and Conference on Revelation at Mt. Sinai: It is with great pleasure that I am writing to inform you that we are able to offer you a place at our Young Scholars Workshop which willContinue reading “The Herzl Institute – Young Scholars Workshop”
Divine Love and Personality
On 1/18 the Analytic Theology Seminar was treated to a talk by Michael Rea. Rea, who is giving this year’s Gifford Lectures presented the seminar with a version of one of the lectures he will be presenting in that series. Here are some notes from his talk. Divine Love & Personality Goal: Examine the natureContinue reading “Divine Love and Personality”
CWoznicki Think Out Loud 