Analytic theology is one of the cool, sexy hip things happening. – Michael Bird Summary What is analytic theology? I’ve written quite a bit about that question on this blog before. And honestly, a lot of people have throw in their two cents regarding this question. But what we have in Thomas McCall’s An InvitationContinue reading “An Invitation to Analytic Christian Theology”
Category Archives: Philosophy
The Nature and Value of Faith: Four Problems
Last week Dan Howard Snyder (Western Washington University) came to the Analytic Theology seminar to throw out some ideas about the nature of faith. Here are some notes…. The Problem of Trajectory – Typical College Student Doubt to getting “out” If I lack faith (i.e. doubt) maybe I should just drop out of this wholeContinue reading “The Nature and Value of Faith: Four Problems”
Analytic Theology and Traditional Theology
An analytic approach to theology may not be the only approach worthy of consideration by the theologian. But it does provide a mode of doing theology that looks a lot like much traditional theology, and which may find in these historic resources a rich vein of ideas which can be mined, and already are beingContinue reading “Analytic Theology and Traditional Theology”
The Uncontrolling Love of God
The Tsarnaev brothers set off a bomb at the end of the Boston Marathon, dozens of innocent bystanders were either hurt or killed. Eliana Tova, an infant, is born with an extremely rare medical condition. Zamuda Sikujuwa was brutally raped during a village raid in Africa. Elie Wiesel was forced to watch a young boyContinue reading “The Uncontrolling Love of God”
Internalism about Justification
Both Foundationalism and Coherentism are internalist accounts of justification. Both seem to be plagued by problems, in part because they are proposition based accounts of justification. Given this I’ve been tinkering around with some externalist accounts of justification. For those of you who are interested here are some problems with internalist accounts of justification: ItContinue reading “Internalism about Justification”
The Relation of Theology and Philosophy of Religion
What is the relationship between theology and philosophy of religion? Helen De Cruz (Assistant Professor of Philosophy, VU University of Amsterdam), Kevin Hector (Professor of Theology and Philosophy of Religion, University of Chicago Divinity School), Alan Torrance (Professor of Systematic Theology, University of St. Andrews) discuss this question.
3 Views of Divine Providence
Right now I’m engaged in a project taking a look at the metaphysics of prayer. Here is a quick summary of some of the issues involving Divine providence that I’m trying to parse out (courtesy of the very helpful SEP): According to conservationism, while God conserves substances with their powers in existence, when creatures areContinue reading “3 Views of Divine Providence”
Fundamentalists and the “Stupid Sumbitch”
Alvin Plantinga on the pejorative use of the term “Fundamentalist”(via Michael Bird): We must first look into the use of this term ‘fundamentalist’. On the most common contemporary academic use of the term, it is a term of abuse or disapprobation, rather like ‘son of a bitch’, more exactly ‘sonovabitch’, or perhaps still more exactlyContinue reading “Fundamentalists and the “Stupid Sumbitch””
What is the Most Important Work of Theology Written in the 21st Century?
What is the Most Important Work of Theology Written in the 21st Century? Only time will tell (we are only 15 years in!), but Oliver Crisp has given his opinion on what book it is: “I tell my students that Warranted Christian Belief is the most important work of theology that has been written soContinue reading “What is the Most Important Work of Theology Written in the 21st Century?”
Just What Exactly Is Analytic Theology?
All the time I’m asked, “just what is analytic theology?” And “what makes it different from philosophy of religion?” Or even better, “What makes it different from philosophical theology?” Well in a sense it is a form of philosophical theology but only more theological in nature…. My quick answer to the question “what is analyticContinue reading “Just What Exactly Is Analytic Theology?”
CWoznicki Think Out Loud 