Some academic bookmarks
Spending time in Idaho affords me some more time to catch up on recent journal articles. In particular, two special issues have been published by Studies in Christian Ethics (on the future of...
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Book notes: Philosophic Pride
Christopher Brooke’s new book Philosophic Pride * is an eye-opening textual and intellectual analysis of the relation between Stoicism on early modern political thought. Opening with a prologue on...
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NYU philosophy Thomas Nagel reviews Alvin Plantinga’s new book Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion, and Naturalism. I say this as someone who cannot imagine believing what he believes....
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Video: From Princeton Seminary’s conference on Scottish Common Sense and American Natural Law: Jennifer Herdt’s plenary address asks some probing questions about the Reformed natural law tradition:...
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A trans-Atlantic recommendation
For anyone interested in masters programs in theological ethics, take note of the new MTh offered at the University of Aberdeen. The institution has been adding quality faculty over the past several...
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NYU philosopher Thomas Nagel has been writing some fascinating reviews on moral philosophy and psychology recently. The latest in the Nagel Offensive: The Taste for Being Moral — reviewing Jonathan...
View ArticleCross-listed: Was John Calvin a Liberal?
Over at the Political Theology blog, I posted the first of a two part series: Was John Calvin a Liberal? In recent years, a number of theologians and legal historians have argued that the early modern...
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In light of his Niebuhrian foreign policy decisions, Cathy Kaveny suggests that President Obama ought to read more Paul Ramsey: Regret Is Not Enough. If Martin Luther’s motto is “sin boldly,”...
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