Disputationes

It was regular practice in the medieval university for faculty and students to engage in the art of disputation. This blog presupposes the corporate nature of the theological enterprise, supposing that theology, particularly Lutheran theology, can once again clarify its truth claims and provide rational justification for its positions.

Monday, May 09, 2022

Luther and Heidegger: Modeling the Destruction of Metaphysics

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The International Luther Congress beckons this summer and I am thinking about doing something on Luther and Heidegger in the seminar on Luth...
Sunday, April 24, 2022

ATS Fall Headcount and FTE for Lutheran Institutions and an Update on Progress at Institute of Lutheran Theology

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It is time for my yearly update on the growth of the Institute of Lutheran Theology with respect to Lutheran Seminaries in North America.  I...
Friday, April 15, 2022

Levinas and the Transcendental Project

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I n anticipation of the Levinas readings course this summer at ILT's Christ School of Theology, I have written this brief summary below ...
Monday, April 04, 2022

Transcendental Reflection and the Divine Other

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I Transcendental reflection investigates those conditions necessary for there to be the kind of experience that we have. Immanuel Kant (1724...
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Sunday, March 20, 2022

Curb, Mirror and Light

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I Lutheran theology has always been interested in the  usus legis ( "uses of the law"), and has argued passionately as to whether ...
Sunday, January 23, 2022

The Heideggerian Engine: A Glimpse Under the Hood

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In four days I shall begin taking another group of students through Heidegger's epic book, Being and Time .  What should they know when ...
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Saturday, November 13, 2021

Transcendental Self-Reference, Spirit and God

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I remember distinctly my first reading of Kant's  Critique of Pure Reason . I had learned about the semantic distinction between analyti...
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Thursday, October 14, 2021

The New Viator

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"I thought at that time that I was enjoying the conversation today with Darius, but I must admit now to uneasiness."  "Why is...
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Dennis Bielfeldt
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President of the Institute of Lutheran Theology and Director of the Christ School of Theology PhD Program
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