When we set several theologies next to each other, naming their core claims helps us to make sense of their relationships, even as we grant that more complexity rewards careful reading and study. So without necessarily reducing them, we can speak and write about Calvin’s theology of sovereignty, Schleiermacher’s theology of experience, Bultmann’s theology of kerygma, Thomas Aquinas’s theology of revelation, and so on. In his book Theology of Consent from SacraSage, Jonathan Foster proposes a certain notion of consent, borrowing elements from Rene Girard’s mimetic theory and others from Alfred North Whitehead’s process thought, to make a bid for our understanding of the ways in which we engage with God. Christian Humanist Profiles is glad to welcome Dr. Foster to talk with us about some of his ideas.
Nathan Gilmour interviews Francis J Beckwith about his recent book "Never Doubt Thomas."
Michial Farmer takes a tour of the Hong Kierkegaard Library with Eileen Shimota and Jamie Lorentzen.
Slogans have always occupied our public attention, and the ways that an enemy redefines a slogan can be as important as the phrase’s original...