Resident Theologian
About the Blog
My latest: why Christians are conspiracy theorists, in CT
A link to my latest column in Christianity Today.
Carr, Sacasas, and eloquent reality
A long reflection on an essay by Nicholas Carr engaging L. M. Sacasas about enchantment, reality, and contemplation.
The metaphysics of historical criticism
Fifty metaphysical propositions that underwrite the practice of “historical-critical” biblical scholarship.
Christianity is a conspiracy theory
Christianity professes some bizarre things, at least according to certain standards. That doesn’t mean it’s unreasonable; it means what’s reasonable is up for debate. Let the reader understand.
The smartest people I’ve ever known
A little rant about well-educated secular folks who look down on religious people.
Calvin, zombies, and the false faith of the reprobate
Edward Feser on the zombie problem, Calvin on the false faith of the reprobate, and the connection between them.
Inoculation
Over the last year I’ve noticed something of a theme emerging on this blog. The theme is what people, especially Christians, and most of all well-educated Christians, feel permitted or pressured to believe (or not). I think a good deal of my experience of this phenomenon is a function of having lived for eight years outside of Texas or even the Bible belt—three years in Atlanta (technically the South but not exactly a small rural town in Louisiana) then five years in New Haven, Connecticut.
“As we all know”
I have a friend who once told me of a professor he had in seminary. She instructed the class at the outset of the semester that, when they wrote their papers, she wanted them to imagine her peering over their shoulder. At every sentence featuring a claim, an assertion, or an assumption, they should imagine her asking them, “How do you know that?”