Epistemology is the most foundational of topics in philosophy. How trustworthy is human knowledge? Or worded another way: How much ‘faith’ (Greek ‘pistis’ for ‘trust’) can we put in what we think we know? At one end of the spectrum, you have narrow, ‘verificationist’ epistemologies (such as: logical positivism & naive realism) that only trust knowledge that can be ‘verified’ by . . . → Read More: a trinity of ‘knowledge-lights’…
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“It really is high time we developed a Christian ethic of blogging. Bad temper is bad temper even in the apparent privacy of your own hard drive, and harsh and unjust words, when released into the wild, rampage around and do real damage. And as for the practice of saying mean an unjust things behind a pseudonym – well if . . . → Read More: Wright comments on blogging A new-ish series of vids with Bishop N.T. Wright speaking to various issues related to Christian belief. Tom really works hard here to offer very well-compressed and summarised statements on some very intricate and rich concepts. Enjoy. In this sermon to head-masters/mistresses, Wright touches on quite a few important concerns – especially for our time. In particular, he focuses on at least two examples of foolishness ( 1) economic foolishness demonstrated in the current ‘crisis’, and 2) the foolishness of the so-called ‘evolution-creation debate’) and the need for wisdom. Good stuff, Bishop.  21 comments - (Comments are closed)  bible, christianity, www  belief, change, christianity, consumerism, creation, culture, current event, debate, discernment, ethics, evil, evolution, faith, god, humanity, interpretation, jesus, justice, learning, life, morals, N.T. Wright, politics, religion, science, theology, truth, wisdom Many books are on my desk at the moment. Books for my theological study, and books for my personal interest. I have too many books on my desk. I cannot read them all… Yet this did not prevent me from picking up 7 more books on our recent trip to the states… . . . → Read More: recent book purchase 10 comments - (Comments are closed) christianity, philosophy, science, theology Anne Rice, astronomy, atheism, belief, books, christianity, creation, evolution, faith, Francis Collins, god, Guy Consolmagno, humanity, intelligent design, jesus, Kenneth Miller, kingdom of god, learning, life, N.T. Wright, peace, politics, religion, science, Shane Claiborne, spirituality, theism, theology Bart Ehrman and N.T. Wright have agreed to ‘blog’ through the issue of Suffering and God over at Beliefnet. You can follow their discussion here. Bart Ehrman (author of ‘Misquoting Jesus‘, ‘God’s Problem‘ and other titles) and Tom Wright (author of ‘Evil and the Justice of God‘, ‘Suprised by Hope‘ and other titles) are both recognised scholars. Ehrman is currently . . . → Read More: Ehrman and Wright ‘blogalogue’ 8 comments - (Comments are closed) bible, christianity, philosophy, theology atheism, belief, christianity, creation, current event, death, debate, discernment, evil, faith, general, god, hope, humanity, interpretation, justice, life, N.T. Wright, philosophy, religion, suffering, theism, theology A rather HUGE thanks to my wife this year for definitely choosing the ‘Wright’ gift this Christmas… (See pics below!) . . . → Read More: the wright gift! I love this quote from Bishop Tom Wright…“The Christian calling is to know the world with a knowledge that approximates to love. And the point about love – the epistemology which love generates – is that love both affirms the other-ness of the object (objectivity) while remaining in deep, rich and close subjective (subjectivity) relationship to it. Love transcends the . . . → Read More: love the world? 3 comments - (Comments are closed) bible, christianity, philosophy, theology christianity, incarnational, love, N.T. Wright, philosophy, spirituality “Heaven.” What a mis-understood word this is! For some, ‘heaven’ is simply a warm, fuzzy, good, old-fashioned or positive feeling they get when things happen to be going their way. Many others define ‘heaven’ in ways that are not unlike the Greek/Roman idea of the ‘after-life’ – in which your ghostly ‘soul’ floats away on a cloud. Not only am . . . → Read More: the heavenly reality One comment - (Comments are closed) bible, christianity, theology christianity, creation, heaven, interpretation, kingdom of god, N.T. Wright, spirituality, theology If you know anything about the word ‘gospel’, you probably know that it means ‘Good News.’ You may also know that it is the word (‘euangelion‘) that a Roman herald would use in making the announcement that there was a new Emperor in the Empire. I love the way that Tom Wright points out that these Roman heralds were . . . → Read More: the gospel announcement Comments are closed bible, christianity, politics, theology christianity, gospel, interpretation, jesus, life, N.T. Wright, politics |
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