Category Analytic Theology

A Raw Introduction to Apocalyptic Theology: A Theology for the churches Not Just the Pneumatic

November 16, 2018 · by · in Analytic Theology, Analytical Theology, Barth, Philip Ziegler

I have referred to Apocalyptic Theology before here at the blog; this post is going to get into what that is with more detail. I will refer to Philip Ziegler’s recently published book, Militant Grace: The Apocalyptic Turn and the Future of Christian Theology, and then to illustrate what that looks like in real life […]

The ‘Young Marburg’ Barth against Charles Ryrie, Thomas Aquinas, and the Cosmological Argument for God’s Existence

October 31, 2016 · by · in Analogia Entis, Analogy of Being, Analytic Theology, Analytical Theology, Barth, Book Reviews, Charles Ryrie, Karl Barth, Kenneth Oakes, Metaphysics, Theology Of Glory, Thomas Aquinas, Thomism · 2 Comments

The first time I attended Bible College was just after I graduated high school in 1992; I attended a small Conservative Baptist Bible College in Phoenix, Arizona, at that time called Southwestern College (it is now called Arizona Christian University). I was a bible and theology major, as such I had an introduction to Systematic […]

Hypostatic Grace: A Response of Sorts to Tom McCall and Substance Metaphysics

September 23, 2016 · by · in Analytic Theology, Analytical Theology, Ron Frost, Salvation, Soteriology, Spirituality, Tom McCall · 1 Comment

Substance metaphysics has been a topic of engagement here at The Evangelical Calvinist as long as its existence as a blog; indeed, it is a metaphysic that I have characterized as oppositional and anti-thetical to the aims of what I believe a genuinely Christian theology should offer—particularly when we talk about God. But what in […]

Natural Theology is Untheology, And my Confession

April 18, 2016 · by · in Analogia Entis, Analogia Fidei, Analogy of Being, Analogy of Faith, Analytic Theology, Analytical Theology, Paul Molnar · 11 Comments

To inhabit an evangelical world that lives and breathes from evidentiary and analytical modes for knowing God, and developing theological methodology, it is rather hard to function as a theologian who believes that the faith of Christ ought to serve as the basis from whence God is cognized and understood. This is often my experience, […]

The Dilemma Between Divine Simplicity and Analogy Introduced §1

September 7, 2015 · by · in Analogia Entis, Analogia Fidei, Analogy of Being, Analogy of Faith, Analytic Theology, Analytical Theology, Barth, George Hunsinger, Hippolytus, Systematic Theology, Thomas Aquinas, Thomism · 1 Comment

Once, I tried to compare and contrast Thomas F. Torrance’s and Thomas Aquinas’ respective and disparate views on the usage of ‘analogy’ in theological engagement. I did this in our (Myk Habets’ and my) edited book Evangelical Calvinism: Essays Resourcing the Continuing Reformation of the Church; my personal chapter in that book is titled: Analogia […]

Standing with Friedrich Schleiermacher against Philosophical Theology

April 1, 2015 · by · in Analytic Theology, Friedrich Schleiermacher · 15 Comments

There seems to be an ascendancy, once again, of philosophical theology [and I apologize, this post, or at least this point of this post is going to have to remain rather general and abstract without any concrete examples at the moment]. The way I understand philosophical theology is pretty close to home; it is a […]

Christian Theology is only For Christians, That’s What My Homey Schleiermacher Says

October 9, 2014 · by · in 'Liberal Theology', American Evangelicalism, Analogia Fidei, Analogy of Being, Analogy of Faith, Analytic Theology, Analytical Theology, Bruce McCormack, Evangelical Calvinism, Friedrich Schleiermacher, Philosophical Theology · 23 Comments

There seems to be an ascendancy, once again, of philosophical theology [and I apologize, this post, or at least this point of this post is going to have to remain rather general and abstract without any concrete examples at the moment]. The way I understand philosophical theology is pretty close to home; it is a […]

Talking About God on Facebook from ‘The Faith of God’ instead of ‘The Faith of Man and Woman’

August 22, 2014 · by · in Analogia Entis, Analogia Fidei, Analogy of Being, Analogy of Faith, Analytic Theology, Analytical Theology, Apologetics, Cultural Christianity, Culture, Evangelism · 1 Comment

Recently I’ve been having some encounters with a former classmate of mine from my last two years of high school, apparently he no longer believes in the existence of God, and for that matter the existence of Jesus Christ. We’ve been having these encounters on Facebook (where else?!), and it has involved a bit of […]

Knowing God in an Evangelistic Context: “Getting Beyond Barth”

June 7, 2014 · by · in Analogia Entis, Analogia Fidei, Analogy of Being, Analogy of Faith, Analytic Theology, Analytical Theology, Apologetics, Barth, Karl Barth, Philosophical Theology, Prolegomena, T. F. Torrance, Thomas F. Torrance

Ha, tricked you! Actually this post is directly dealing with the ‘material Barth,’ he is not anything like the ‘material girl’. The ‘material Barth’ goes beyond the politicking that has unfortunately marginalized Barth for many; the material Barth (and what I mean by this frame) engages directly with what Barth has communicated materially and theologically. […]

What do we know of evil and sin?: A Response to Open Theism from Christ Concentrated Theism

March 15, 2014 · by · in Analogy of Faith, Analytic Theology, Analytical Theology, Barth, Christology, Doctrine Of Creation, Doctrine Of God, Doctrine of God, Doctrine Of Sin, Epistemology, Karl Barth, Ontology, Open Theism · 14 Comments

I have been having a quick discussion, once again, around the issue of so called ‘Open Theism.’ I had a “friend” on Facebook who is a strong proponent for Open Theism, so strong that he helped organize (I think) the first Open Theology theological conference (last year) that has ever taken place in the United […]

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