In this episode, Cory, Gray, James and Marinus sit down with Ligon Duncan, Chancellor and CEO of Reformed Theological Seminary and the John E. Richards Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology. They discuss their many shared connections with Ligon, the history and focus of Reformed Theological Seminary, the role neo-Calvinism has played at RTS, Ligon’s doctoral work on covenant theology in the patristic period, and the challenges of theological education.

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In this episode, Marinus and Gray discuss the legacy of Karl Barth, his relationship to the neo-Calvinist tradition, and how (and if) he can be a helpful resource.

Sources discussed in this episode:

Matthew Lee Anderson, Confidence in Life: A Barthian Account of Procreation, 1st ed, T&T Clark Enquiries in Theological Ethics Series (London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2024).

Karl Barth and Edwyn Clement Hoskyns, The Epistle to the Romans (London: Oxford University Press, 1968).

Karl Barth, Nein! Antwort an Emil Brunner, (Germany: C. Kaiser, 1934).

Herman Bavinck, The Foremost Problems of Contemporary Dogmatics: On Faith, Knowledge, and the Christian Tradition (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2024).

David Fergusson, “Karl Barth’s Doctrine of Creation: Church‐bells beyond the Stars,” International Journal of Systematic Theology 18, no. 4 (October 2016): 414–31.

George Harinck and D. van Keulen, eds., De receptie van Karl Barth in Nederland (Amersfoort: Uitgeverij De Vuurbaak, 2022).

Paul T. Nimmo, Being in Action: The Theological Shape of Barth’s Ethical Vision, Library of New Testament Studies (London: T&T Clark, 2007).

Christiane Tietz and Victoria J. Barnett, Karl Barth: A Life in Conflict (Oxford New York (N.Y.): Oxford university press, 2021).

Shao Kai Tseng, “Neo-Calvinism and the Theology of Karl Barth,” in  T&T Clark Handbook of Neo-Calvinism, Cory Brock and Nathaniel Gray Sutanto, eds., 1st ed (London: T&T Clark, 2024).

John Visser, “Karl Barth’s Appreciative Use of Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics,” Calvin Theological Journal 45, no. 1 (2010): 79–86.

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In this episode, James and Gray discuss social media and how the neo-Calvinist tradition has some theological resources for wise social media interaction. These resources include the notion of personality, theological anthropology, 

Sources discussed in this episode

J. H. Bavinck, Personality and Worldview, ed. James Perman Eglinton (Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway, 2023). https://www.crossway.org/books/personality-and-worldview-hcj/

Nathaniel Gray Sutanto, God and Humanity: Herman Bavinck and Theological Anthropology, 1st ed, T&T Clark Explorations in Reformed Theology Series (London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2024). https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/god-and-humanity-9780567709028/

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In this episode, Marinus, Gray, and Cory sit down with Henk van den Belt, who is a pastor and Professor of Dogmatics at the Free University of Amsterdam and the Theological University in Apeldoorn. They discuss Henk’s new book Geestspraak, which argues for a pneumatology of the Bible.

https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/henk-van-den-belt

Sources discussed in this episode:

Henk van den Belt, Geestspraak, (Uitgevers/Utrecht: KokBoekencentrum, 2024). https://www.kokboekencentrum.nl/boek/geestspraak/

Herman Bavinck, The Certainty of Faith (St. Catharines, Ont.: Paideia Press, 1980).

Henk van den Belt, The Authority of Scripture in Reformed Theology: Truth and Trust, Studies in Reformed Theology, v. 17 (Leiden ; Boston, MA: Brill, 2008).

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In this episode, the team continues discussing Gray's new book, God and Humanity: Herman Bavinck and Theological Anthropology. They focus on the later chapters of the book discussing sin, race, cultural diversity, and the beatific vision.

Sources discussed in this episode

Nathaniel Gray Sutanto, God and Humanity: Herman Bavinck and Theological Anthropology, 1st ed, T&T Clark Explorations in Reformed Theology Series (London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2024). https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/god-and-humanity-9780567709028/

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In this episode, Marinus and James discuss James' current research project on a Christian history of languages.

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In this episode, the team continues discussing Gray's new book, God and Humanity: Herman Bavinck and Theological Anthropology. In particular they discuss affect theory and its impact on the Christian life.

Sources discussed in this episode

Nathaniel Gray Sutanto, God and Humanity: Herman Bavinck and Theological Anthropology, 1st ed, T&T Clark Explorations in Reformed Theology Series (London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2024). https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/god-and-humanity-9780567709028/

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In this episode, the team begins discussing Gray's new book, God and Humanity: Herman Bavinck and Theological Anthropology. They discuss how Gray is so productive, what is theological anthropology, and its importance.

Sources discussed in this episode

Nathaniel Gray Sutanto, God and Humanity: Herman Bavinck and Theological Anthropology, 1st ed, T&T Clark Explorations in Reformed Theology Series (London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2024). https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/god-and-humanity-9780567709028/

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In this first episode of season 6, James, Gray, and Marinus discuss a forthcoming article written by Marinus on the French theologian Auguste Lecerf. While looking at how Lecerf adapted neo-Calvinism for the French context, the team also discusses how neo-Calvinism looks in other contexts.

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In this episode, Marinus, James, Gray, and Cory sit down to discuss James' recent Bavinck Lecture, "From sensus divinitatis to sensus numenis: reading culture as a product of the soul with J.H. Bavinck" at the Theologische Universtiet - Utrecht.

James Eglinton, "From sensus divinitatis to sensus numenis: reading culture as a product of the soul with J.H. Bavinck," https://tuu.nl/nieuws/watch-the-eighth-herman-bavinck-lecture/