2014-10-23T00:00:00+06:00

Last updated on: October 23, 2014 at 12:00 am   By

Justyn Terry argues that Kant’s critique of substitutionary atonement is misleading because he assumes that there are three parties to the transaction involved in the atonement – God, sinful humans, and an innocent victim. There are only two, since the innocent victim is God human flesh. The transaction looks different as a bi- rather than tri-partite: “When one person forgives another, he or she decides no longer to hold the injury they have suffered against their offender. They sur- render... Read more

2014-10-23T00:00:00+06:00

Last updated on: October 23, 2014 at 12:00 am   By

Justyn Terry argues that Kant’s critique of substitutionary atonement is misleading because he assumes that there are three parties to the transaction involved in the atonement – God, sinful humans, and an innocent victim. There are only two, since the innocent victim is God human flesh. The transaction looks different as a bi- rather than tri-partite: “When one person forgives another, he or she decides no longer to hold the injury they have suffered against their offender. They sur- render... Read more

2014-10-23T00:00:00+06:00

Last updated on: October 23, 2014 at 12:00 am   By

In his Prison Notebooks, the Marxist writer Antonio Gramsci rebuts the abstracted philosophizing of Bertrand Russell: “Russell says approximately this: ‘We cannot, without the existence of man on the earth, think of the existence of London or Edinburgh, but we can think of the existence of two points in space, one to the North and one to the South, where London and Edinburgh now are.’ It could be objected that without the existence of man one cannot think of ‘thinking’,... Read more

2014-10-23T00:00:00+06:00

Last updated on: October 23, 2014 at 12:00 am   By

In his Prison Notebooks, the Marxist writer Antonio Gramsci rebuts the abstracted philosophizing of Bertrand Russell: “Russell says approximately this: ‘We cannot, without the existence of man on the earth, think of the existence of London or Edinburgh, but we can think of the existence of two points in space, one to the North and one to the South, where London and Edinburgh now are.’ It could be objected that without the existence of man one cannot think of ‘thinking’,... Read more

2014-10-23T00:00:00+06:00

Last updated on: October 23, 2014 at 12:00 am   By

Francois Furet’s Lies, Passions & Illusions is a best-seller in France. The little book is Furet’s portion of a conversation-debate with Paul Ricouer. Ricouer put aside his edited version of the conversation when Furet died in 1997, but Furet’s portion was completed and is not published. Furet’s analysis of twentieth century political life turns in part on his distinction between lies and illusions. Lies are deliberate falsifications. Illusions arise from the “play of passions on the imagination” that gives rise to... Read more

2014-10-23T00:00:00+06:00

Last updated on: October 23, 2014 at 12:00 am   By

One of the interesting findings of Patrick Fletcher’s Resurrection Realism, a study of Ratzinger’s Augustinian views on the resurrection, has to do with Ratzinger’s changing views of Platonism. Early on, Ratzinger saw Platonism as an enemy of Christian faith. He attempted to construct a “de-Platonized” eschatology that did not rely, as much traditional eschatology did, on the Greek notion of the immortal soul. It’s not as if the soul is immortal; Christian faith affirms resurrection not the power of soul-substance (74-5). ... Read more

2014-10-23T00:00:00+06:00

Last updated on: October 23, 2014 at 12:00 am   By

One of the interesting findings of Patrick Fletcher’s Resurrection Realism, a study of Ratzinger’s Augustinian views on the resurrection, has to do with Ratzinger’s changing views of Platonism. Early on, Ratzinger saw Platonism as an enemy of Christian faith. He attempted to construct a “de-Platonized” eschatology that did not rely, as much traditional eschatology did, on the Greek notion of the immortal soul. It’s not as if the soul is immortal; Christian faith affirms resurrection not the power of soul-substance (74-5). ... Read more

2014-10-22T00:00:00+06:00

Last updated on: October 22, 2014 at 12:00 am   By

While Joab and others lead the army of Judah against Absalom, David waits for news at the gate of Mahanaim (2 Samuel 18). It puts him in the same position as Eli the priest early in 1 Samuel, who also waited at a gate for news of a battle (1 Samuel 4). David’s position is only one of several similarities. Like Eli, David has been dealing with sons who are rebels against him and against the Lord. Like Eli, David... Read more

2014-10-22T00:00:00+06:00

Last updated on: October 22, 2014 at 12:00 am   By

While Joab and others lead the army of Judah against Absalom, David waits for news at the gate of Mahanaim (2 Samuel 18). It puts him in the same position as Eli the priest early in 1 Samuel, who also waited at a gate for news of a battle (1 Samuel 4). David’s position is only one of several similarities. Like Eli, David has been dealing with sons who are rebels against him and against the Lord. Like Eli, David... Read more

2014-10-22T00:00:00+06:00

Last updated on: October 22, 2014 at 12:00 am   By

While Joab and others lead the army of Judah against Absalom, David waits for news at the gate of Mahanaim (2 Samuel 18). It puts him in the same position as Eli the priest early in 1 Samuel, who also waited at a gate for news of a battle (1 Samuel 4). David’s position is only one of several similarities. Like Eli, David has been dealing with sons who are rebels against him and against the Lord. Like Eli, David... Read more

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