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Author Archive
An Introduction to Hans Urs von Balthasar
Karen Kilby, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Nottingham, provides a great introduction to noted Catholic theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar. Von Balthasar is all the … Read more→
Plantinga on Personal Identity
Against materialism Alvin Plantinga argues for the position that self cannot be identified strictly with body. Do you think the argument is sound?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOTn_wRwDE0
Listen Up! A Great Deal on a New Book
This Wednesday (9/22) we will be launching a 48-hour sale on an important booklet. Listen Up! is short (only 31 pages), accessible, and addresses a topic vital to the health … Read more→
Who Wrote It? – Inerrancy
Comment if you think you can identify who wrote the following on inerrancy. Â No cheating with searches, etc.
Therefore, since everything asserted by the inspired authors or sacred writers must be … Read more→
Rahner and Vorgrimler on Sanctifying Grace
While perusing a used bookshop in Philadelphia this week, I stumbled upon a theological dictionary compiled by Karl Rahner and Herbert Vorgrimler.  Titled Kleines Theologisches Wörterbuch in the original German, … Read more→
The Law of Centralization
The Law of Centralization is a key feature of Deuteronomic and Deuteronomistic theology. Â It stems from the polemical and apologetic thrust of Deuteronomy’s monotheism. Â YHWH is God, he is the … Read more→
Deuteronomy and the History Books
Martin Noth developed an extraordinarily influential hypothesis regarding the shape and function of Deuteornomy and the books of Joshua-Kings. Â His view (or at least versions of it) has received a … Read more→
What is Torah?
Strictly speaking, Torah is law. Â It is the codification of God’s commands so that his chosen people would live faithfully. Â In the Old Testament canon, Torah is considered as the … Read more→
Zion Theology
The Zion tradition or Zion theology is a development in redemptive-history that casts the hope of God’s blessing upon the place of Mt. Zion. Â The tradition is based on the … Read more→