Contrasting Cultures: One Which Affirms and Celebrates Life, One That Centralizes Death Tom introduces two contrasting cultures by talking about the Gospel and its role in shaping a culture of life. He then draws off of Benjamin Wiker’s book ‘Architects of the Culture of Death’. The leads into one of the core figures discussed in …
Science, Art, and Worldview Glenn, our intrepid historian, takes us back to the twelfth century to show how a new worldview developed that shaped how we study the natural world (i.e. what we call “science” but they called “natural philosophy” or “natural theology”) and changed the aesthetics of the era, leading both to early empiricism …
Social Darwinism: The Legacy of Darwinism for Culture and Politics When the legacy of Charles Darwin is considered discussion generally focuses on the his account of human origins and whether or not evolution is a “blind watchmaker”. But Darwin’s influence has bled over into ethics, politics, philosophy, and other facets of human culture. Today the …
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Athens and Jerusalem In today’s show the Pugsters explore Christianity’s relationship with Classical Culture and Tom explains the impact of von Harnack’s incorrect thesis, which placed the two in opposition. The guys then explore contemporary examples of the problematic application of von Harnack in theology and the Christian life.
The Via Positiva and the Via Negativa: The Positive and Negative Ways of Doing Theology Glenn introduces us to the medieval distinction between the Via Positiva, an approach to thinking about God that emphasizes the things we can affirm about God, and the Via Negativa, an approach that focuses on the limitations of finite creatures …