Christian Philosophy
What’s Wrong with Apologetics?
I’ve been an apologetics enthusiast ever since I watched William Lane Craig as a sophomore in high school. Like many, I grew up a little Craig-disciple echoing the oft repeated arguments I heard. I loved watching the debates, the conferences, the panels. (In fact, I wrote my high school senior thesis on the moral argument for God’s existence.) That love persisted throughout college as I chose to major in philosophy. At one point I wrote a post titled “4 Reasons Not to Dismiss Apologetics,” and the very first entries I wrote for this blog (six years ago now!) are titled, “Why I Believe in God” where I rehash a few of the standard theistic arguments. After graduate school, I even taught Apologetics at a Christian college. And through my current work, I still desire to engage in the task of defending and explaining the truth of the Christian faith. All of this to say, I have a deep appreciation for apologetics. But something has gone wrong in modern day apologetics, and I think it has something to do with the absence of a sapiential approach… Read More »What’s Wrong with Apologetics?
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Edith Stein & Aristotelian Feminism with Sarah Borden
Who was Edith Stein? Was Aristotle a feminist? Listen in with Sarah Borden and Sheb Varghese on the Faith Colloquium podcast.
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Abortion, Marriage, & Contraception, with Abigail Favale
What is marriage? How should Christians think about contraception? Listen in with Abigail Favale on the Faith Colloquium podcast.
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Discovering God’s Existence from Contingency, with Joshua Rasmussen
What is contingency? Can reason lead to God? Listen in with Joshua Rasmussen and Sheb Varghese.
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Free Will and Moral Responsibility with Rick Stoody
Philosophical Theology Podcast, Philosophy of Religion, Free Will and Moral Responsibility with Rick Stoody
Do we have free will? What does it mean to be morally responsible? Listen in with Rick Stoody on the Faith Colloquium Podcast.
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God and Time, with Ryan Mullins
Does God transcend time? Or is God temporal? How might God know the future? Listen in with Ryan Mullins.
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How to be an Atheist and Sola Scriptura, with Mitch Stokes
Are skeptical atheists skeptical enough? Is the doctrine of sola scriptura coherent? Listen in with Mitch Stokes and Sheb Varghese on the Faith Colloquium Podcast.
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God, the Undercover Agent?
I will be honest: I find the problem of evil and suffering deeply intellectually and emotionally troubling as someone who is committed to Christian theism.
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Richard Swinburne and the Society of Christian Philosophers
Something strange happened last week within the Society of Christian Philosophers. If you don’t know, the Society of Christian Philosophers is simply a formally organized group of philosophical scholars who identify as Christians. It is (as far as I know) the broadest and largest academic organized group of Christian philosophers. Like other academic groups, they come together throughout the year to present lectures, discuss ideas, and keep up with the latest news in Christian philosophical discussions. The group was founded in 1978 and some of its past presidents have included esteemed thinkers like Alvin Plantinga, Nicholas Wolterstorff, and Eleonore Stump. The current president of the SCP is Michael Rea who also teaches philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. Read More »Richard Swinburne and the Society of Christian Philosophers
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