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In my last post, I asserted that the early Christians made discriminating use of the ideas and methods of Greek philosophy. The key terms and categories were carefully reshaped and
Christopher BensonPhilosophy
If you are skeptical about postmodern thought, I encourage you to check out "The Church and Postmodern Series" by Baker Academic, which "features high-profile theorists in
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Three American flags draped the coffins lying on the cargo floor of my C-17. It was only three hours earlier that I had received a phone call informing me
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I'd never heard of George William Curtis before this past Saturday. A quote of his popped up on my friend's facebook wall, in what I assume
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When Thomas Hobbes wrote his Leviathan, the English were in the midst of a series of civil wars, battling their brothers over religious and political issues. Charles I struggled with
Gary HartenburgPhilosophyTheology and PracticeThomas Says
This is the last post in the Thomas Says series on killing. I want to summarize some points Thomas makes in this question of the Summa. First, let’s note
Gary HartenburgPhilosophyTheology and PracticeThomas Says
This is the second-to-last post summarizing the position on killing laid out by Thomas Aquinas in the Summa. In the concluding post I will pull together a number
Matthew Lee AndersonPhilosophy
One of the interesting features of the 20th century is the union of metaphysical naturalism and what we tend to term 'post-modernism.' Advocates of the latter tend
Gary HartenburgPhilosophyTheology and PracticeThomas Says
In this post, I want to conclude my summary and discussion of Thomas’s reasoning about killing in self-defense by examining the objections to his position that he considers
Gary HartenburgPhilosophyThomas Says
After discussing questions about killing plants, animals, and sinners by private citizens, public officials, and clerics, Thomas picks up the weighty and delicate subject of suicide. His position is that
Gary HartenburgPhilosophyThomas Says
Previously I covered what Thomas says about killing plants and animals and killing sinners. Regarding plants and animals, Thomas says it’s okay to kill them because they are for
Gary HartenburgPhilosophyTheology and PracticeThomas Says
After his discussion of whether it’s a sin to kill plants or animals, Thomas discusses the question of whether it’s permissible to kill sinners. Thomas says it is