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A Christian Account of the Sexes in Conversation
Christian accounts of male and female are often limited in the degree to which they engage with sources outside of the Bible and the Christian theological tradition. Yet, in the absence of such engagement, our perception of the Christian teaching can be distorted; it can be regarded as an alien imposition upon nature and society,…
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Aquinas and the Summa Contra Gentiles (First Half)
Whereas Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae is aimed primarily at Christians, to educate them in the revealed doctrines of the faith, his Summa Contra Gentiles is more of an apologetic work. The bulk of the work deals with questions of natural theology and reason. In this seminar, students will study the first half ofSumma Contra Gentiles,…
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John Davenant and John Owen on the Death of Christ
Among the Reformed, the question of the extent of the atonement is an area of intense intramural disagreement. Indeed, with the “L” in TULIP (the popular acronym for the so-called Five Points of Calvinism) famously standing for “Limited Atonement”, many would argue that a certain view of the doctrine is necessary if one is to…