Disputationes
Essays in Philosophical Theology by Dennis D. Bielfeldt

A blog on philosophical theology, metaphysics, Lutheran theology, and the intelligibility of being.
Investigations into the intelligibility of being, the grammar of theological language, and the metaphysical ground of truth.

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Saturday, January 08, 2011

Thinking and Thanking

The German philosopher Martin Heidegger was fond of the seventeenth century Pietist phrase, “ Denken ist Danken, (to think is to thank).” H...

Monday, November 29, 2010

Theory Construction in Theology

For sometime now I have had the reoccurring thought that theology employs theories in much the same way as the natural sciences. Of cours...

Friday, September 03, 2010

Normativity and Theology

Some distinctions are so basic and simple that we denizens of North America tend, in general, to forget them. One such distinction is betw...

Monday, August 16, 2010

Luther: Justification and/or Deification?

In 1988 I attended my first Luther Congress. We met in Oslo, Norway. While there I met a young Finn named Risto Saarinen who gave me a c...

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Singular Divine Causal Statements

To say that 'John wrecked the car' is to make a causal statement. It is to say that 'John caused the wrecking of the car'...

Sunday, March 28, 2010

An Evaluation of Bayer's Luther Book

Oswald Bayer's Martin Luther's Theology: A Contemporary Interpretation is must reading for anyone interested in Luther and Lutheran...

Friday, March 26, 2010

Bayer on What Makes the Bible become Holy Scripture

Bayer believes that Luther's foundational thesis, Sacra scriptura " sui ipsius interpres ," is not primarily a claim of the...

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