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For as low as $25/yr, now is a great time to subscribe to Philosophia Christi in time for the Summer 2022 issue (currently set to be released by end of August).
The Summer 2022 issue features a symposium (edited by Kevin W. Wong) on Jordan Wessling’s Love Divine: A Systematic Account of God’s Love for Humanity (Oxford, 2020), with contributions not only from Wessling but also R.T. Mullins, Keith Hess, and Ty Kieser. Wessling’s book – and the book symposium – takes seriously a rigorous account of the nature of divine love, including its importance for thinking about other doctrines and theological methodology. In a recent interview 2022 interview for The Analytic Christian, Jordan Wessling unpacks some of the core concepts of his book and their relevance for various models on divine love.
Additionally, the Summer issue of Philosophia Christi showcases a splendid variety of articles, philosophical notes, and book reviews tapping into discussions about philosophy of mysticism, philosophical naturalism, panpsychism, philosophical anthropology and ethics with contributions from Angus Menuge, Robert Larmer, Stephen Parrish, Andrew Loke, Paul Gould!
In a new EPS web series of articles, Robert Larmer develops some reflection and argument related to his recent book, The Legitimacy of Miracle (Lexington, 2013). Larmer is Professor of Philosophy in the Philosophy Department at the University of New Brunswick.
In the first part, Larmer argues for a definition of miracle and then rejects the claim that miracles, in the strong sense of supernatural intervention in nature, implies violation of the laws of nature. The claim is rejected on the basis that such intervention can occur not by violating the laws of nature but by altering the material conditions to which the laws apply.
The full-text of this paper can be downloaded for FREE by clicking here.
In this web series of articles, I develop some reflection and argument related to my recent book, The Legitimacy of Miracle (Lexington, 2013).
In this part, I consider the following: At a philosophical and theological level, it is often claimed that the concept of miracle is inconsistent with affirming the perfection of God. Three objections along this line of argument are examined and found wanting.
The full-text of this paper is available for FREE by going here(updated 2-17-15).
In this web series of articles, I develop some reflection and argument related to my recent book, The Legitimacy of Miracle (Lexington, 2013).
In this part, I examine in what sense the occurrence of events plausibly viewed as miracles can be taken as providing evidence for the truth of theism.
The full-text of this paper is available for FREE by going here(updated 2-17-15).
In this web series of articles, I develop some reflection and argument related to my recent book, The Legitimacy of Miracle (Lexington, 2013).
In this part, I examine the objection that the progress of science will ultimately provide explanation of any actually occurring events deemed miraculous is examined. I conclude that the progress of science strengthens rather than undermines paradigm examples of miracle claims.
The full-text of this paper is available for FREE by going here(updated 2-17-15).
In this web series of articles, I develop some reflection and argument related to my recent book, The Legitimacy of Miracle (Lexington, 2013). Part one is available here.
The objection that divine intervention would violate the Principle of the Conservation of Energy is examined.
The objection is refuted by distinguishing between two forms of the Principle, one of which is scientific, the other a defining-postulate of physicalism.
The case is made that the occurrence of miracles is entirely consistent with the Principle, so long as it functions as a law of nature and not a metaphysical commitment that a priori rules out the possibility of theism.
The full-text of this paper is available for FREE by going here(updated 2-17-15).
There are lot’s of very interesting articles, notes and book reviews. This issue features a variety of contributions on philosophical anthropology, especially arguments for substance dualism by either arguing from or for the “self.” Contributors to this area include Dallas Willard, J.P. Moreland, Mihretu Guta. Angus Menuge also argues for how libertarian freedom hangs on a concept of the “substantial self.” Moreover, Donny Swanson challenges Nancey Murphy’s Christian physicalist conception of human distinctiveness. Jerry Walls further argues that no Christians should ever be a compatibilist. R. Scott Smith, echoing Willard’s work in phenomenology, challenges Merold Westphal and James K.A. Smith on their concepts of “finitude,” “fallenness,” and “immediacy.”
From Philosophia Christi 5:1 (2003), Robert Larmer argues that those who adopt methodological naturalism typically beg important questions concerning its justification. But rejecting methodological naturalism in no way prohibits scientists from searching for natural causes of physical phenomena. The issue is not whether it is legitimate to look for natural causes of physical phenomena, but rather the question-begging insistence that under no circumstances is it permissible ever to posit the direct intervention of a nonnatural agent into the physical order.
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Here is a summary outline of who presented on Wednesday morning and afternoon of the annual EPS conference. The links are to posts that feature abstracts about the papers. Please feel free to comment.
