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  • New from IVP Academic: Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture

    Recently, IVP Academic has stepped up their series game. In the past they’ve released the Christian Worldview Integration series, Contours in Christian Theology, and several commentary series. They continue to publish titles in the New Studies in Biblical Theology series, as well as the Strategic Initiatives in Evangelical Theology series. Now, they’ve added the Studies…

  • Kierkegaard: Christian Missionary to Christians

    Christians have had an interest in western philosophy for pretty much as long as both existed. If you’re late to the game, you’d probably be surprised that many philosophers, at least post-Augustine, would have considered themselves Christians. The Enlightenment kind of gradually ruined that, but not before some significant thinkers emerged. One of those was…

  • Rooted, Unparalleled, and Philosophy in Seven Sentences

    I’m always on the lookout for helpful primers on the subjects I study. Often, introductory texts can be so daunting it is hard to know where to start. Thankfully, new books continued to be published. Even if there is overlap at times, that just means there are more options for just the right audience. In…

  • Philosophy Friday: Augustine

    This is not necessarily the best introduction to the richness of Augustine’s thinking. However, it is an interesting look from a post-Christian perspective. For those of us embedded in a Christian theological context that appreciates Augustine, this is a different view on why Augustine is important.

  • Philosophy Friday: The Stoics

    I was going to write something explaining how exciting Stoicism is, but then I decided to just play it cool.

  • #ETS2015 Books of Note: Theology

    While I might not be at ETS this year, if you are, I thought I’d share some books you should check out. Obviously, even if you’re not at ETS, you can still check these out. You’ll just miss out on whatever deals publishers are offering at their booths. And you’ll miss out on meeting people…

  • Philosophy Friday: Epicurus

    I’m sure if I had been asked who Karl Marx’s dissertation was on, I wouldn’t have guessed Epicurus, but now it kind of makes sense. Distributing happiness equally seems like a good idea, but the reality will never work out.

  • Philosophy Friday: Intro to Aristotle

    Having introduced Plato last week, we’re on to Aristotle. When I was in seminary, I found Aristotle a more attractive thinker and thought Plato’s whole forms things was nonsense. Since in some first year discussions I would have said I was more Aristotelian, it’s surprising I didn’t spend more time getting into Thomas Aquinas.

  • Philosophy Friday: Intro to Plato

    In senior Bible, in addition to Ask Anything Friday, we’re now taking a 10-15 look at key figures and ideas in the history of philosophy. I’ve made use here and there of 8-Bit Philosophy videos, but The School of Life is a bit more systematic. I’m a bit surprised there is not a discussion of The…

  • 8-Bit Philosophy: Is Batman Just?

    It’s been a while since we’ve had an episode of philosophy Friday. Might as well get back into the swing of things by pondering whether Batman is figure of justice or not. I tend to think taking the law into your hands, violence included or not, is not the path of justice. You’re no longer…