Professor, Philosophy and Religious Studies
Part 1 Christian philosophers often admire Plato, finding insights in his writings that seem compatible with Christian thought. Some go so far as to say he prepared pagans for the Gospel and that he …
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David Hume and the Naturalistic Origins of Religion David Hume (1711–1776), in his Natural History of Religion (1757), presented a theory about the origins of religious belief that has since become …
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The study of ethics arises in relation to the reality of choice. As we make a choice, we are aware that there were other options and ask ourselves if we made the best choice. As we face future choices …
The United States was founded on natural religion. The grievances justifying independence rest on the claim that there are some things self-evident about God and human nature and from these come human …
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This chapter studies the role of general revelation in natural law theory. General revelation, what all persons can know about God and the good provides the foundation of natural law …
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They say they want the kingdom But they don’t want God in it. …
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