Monday, November 29, 2010

Theory Construction in Theology

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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

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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?

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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...
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Sunday, August 15, 2010

Singular Divine Causal Statements

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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

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Oswald Bayer's Martin Luther's Theology: A Contemporary Interpretation is must reading for anyone interested in Luther and Lutheran...
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Friday, March 26, 2010

Bayer on What Makes the Bible become Holy Scripture

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Bayer believes that Luther's foundational thesis, Sacra scriptura " sui ipsius interpres ," is not primarily a claim of the...
Saturday, March 20, 2010

"Signum Philosophicum est Nota Absentis Rei, Signum Theologicum est Nota Praesentis Rei."

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The words mean "the philosophical sign is a mark of an absent thing; the theological sign is a mark of a present thing." The prop...
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Sunday, March 14, 2010

On the Performative, the Constative, and a Peculiar Move within Lutheran Theology

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It has become commonplace within Lutheran theology to downplay the notion and use of descriptive true/false statements. While it is true ...
Saturday, February 27, 2010

'God', Descriptivism, and Reference

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In the last two blog posts, I have discussed some possible advantages to understanding 'God' as used by Christians as a rigid design...
Friday, February 26, 2010

Luther, Ontology and Rigid Designation

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I had a conversation yesterday with someone following this blog about whether or not yesterday's post Luther, God, and Rigid Designation...
Thursday, February 25, 2010

Luther, God, and Rigid Designation

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Famously, Luther differed from Thomas in holding that God's power extended over the laws of logic. Thus, while Thomas could claim that...
Thursday, February 18, 2010

On Identity and God

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We often make identity statements where those things seemingly identified could have existed without being so identified. A putative examp...
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Monday, February 15, 2010

On the Existence of God

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One can talk about many things without claiming that those things exist. For instance, one can speak about imagined things (e.g., unicorns...
Sunday, February 14, 2010

Certain Confusions Concerning Faith

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To the question, "How do I know that my Redeemer lives?" some facilely respond "by faith." But what is this "by f...
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