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Jordan answers questions in a live Q&A ranging from the future of the London Lyceum to what he's learned over the last five years and more.
Jordan talks with Tobias Flattery about a range of technological ethics issues especially relating to robots and moral status. They cover topics like: What is the field of technology ethics? Why is it important? How advanced are robots becoming? Why does being sentient provide something with moral status? Why think that robots should have moral status? Especially if they never are or can become sentient? What is the Kantian argument for indirect animal rights? And more!
Resources:
1) Tobias's website
2) This is Technology Ethics, Sven Nyholm
Jordan talks with Harrison Perkins about his new book on covenant theology. They cover topics like: Why focus on categories instead of narrative? What is the covenant of works? Is the Mosaic an administration of the covenant of works? What is the covenant of redemption? Does this cause problems for traditional Trinitarian theology? How do you differ from those like John Murray and Meredith Kline? Does covenant theology really codify the way the church has always read the Bible? And more!
Resources:
1) Reformed Covenant Theology, Harrison Perkins
Jordan talks with Tom Schreiner about his latest work on the final judgment. They cover topics like: Why does sin deserve God's judgment? What are the three themes of judgment in the Gospels and Acts and how do they differ/relate? Why do you think judgment requires eternal conscious punishment? What does the term "hell" mean? Why is judgment only just if it is retributive? Why couldn't God simply forgive everyone? And more!
Resources:
1) The Justice and Goodness of God: A Biblical Case for the Final Judgment, Tom Schreiner
2) The Devil's Redemption: A New History and Interpretation of Christian Universalism, Michael McClymond
Jordan and Leland talk with Miles Smith about his new book Religion and Republic. They cover all sorts of topics like: What should we think of establishment religion? When a pre civil war American said that America was a “Christian nation”, what did they mean? How is this different than the way we use the term today? How can a government be disestablished but still protect and perpetuate institutional Christianity? How could American Christians think the Christian faith has positive effects on civil society without rejecting religious liberty? And more!
Resources:
1) Religion and Republic, Miles Smith
Jordan talks with Brad East about the doctrine of Scripture. They cover topics like: What is Scripture's relationship to the church? If Scripture is authoritative how is the authority exercised and by whom? Is there one standard account for this everyone should agree with? What is the sufficiency of Scripture? And more.
Resources:
1) The Doctrine of Scripture, Brad East
2) The Church's Book: Theology of Scripture in Ecclesial Context, Brad East
3) What Makes Critical Theory Christian? Brad East
Jordan talks with Sean McGever about his new book on slavery in Edwards, Whitefield, and Wesley. They cover topics like: Why should we still care about slavery? What theological influences of Whitfield and Edwards led them to their view of slavery? What are some similarities and differences between Edwards, Whitfield and Wesley regarding how they viewed the institution of slavery? And more!
Resources:
1) Ownership: The Evangelical Legacy of Slavery in Edwards, Wesley, and Whitefield, Sean McGever
Jake and Jesse recommend a boatload of Baptist books!
Resources:
1) William Carey, S. Pearce Carey
2) From Shadow to Substance, Sam Renihan
3) By His Grace and For His Glory, Tom Nettles
4) Baptist Theology: Four Centuries of Study, James Leo Garrett
5) The English Calvinistic Baptists, 1771-1892, Robert Oliver
6) Ardent Love for Jesus, Michael Haykin
7) Trinity, Creed, and Confusion, Stephen Copson
8) The Distinctiveness of Baptist Covenant Theology, Pascal Denault
9) Thomas Grantham and General Baptist Theology, Clint Bass
10) The English Baptists of the Seventeenth Century, B. R. White
11) Christianismus Primitivus, Thomas Grantham
12) Isaac Backus on Church, State, and Calvinism: Pamphlets, 1754-1789, William McLoughlin
Jordan talks with David Rathel about Andrew Fuller and Hyper-Calvinism. They cover topics like: 14. What is high/hyper calvinism? What is the modern question controversy? Why have scholars not paid careful attention to high/hyper calvinism? What sort of problems does this lack of attention lead to? Who are Lewis Wayman, John Brine, and John Johnson? Do they all agree in thought? What sort of "alternative theological vision" did Fuller seek to cast? And more!
Resources:
1) The Gospel Worthy of All Acceptation, Andrew Fuller
2) Andrew Fuller and the Search for a Faith Worthy of All Acceptation: Exploring Fuller’s Soteriology in Its Historical Context, David Rathel
Jordan talks with Matthew Baines about Gisbertus Voetius and participation. They cover all sorts of topics like: Who is Voetius? Why is he important? How does he relate to Thomism and Scotism? How "eclectic" really is the Reformed tradition? Is theology practical or contemplative? What does it mean for theology to be mystical? What does it mean that Voetius's doctrine of God reflects the neoplatonic belief that being is dynamic? What is the metaphysics of exodus and what are the various senses of participation? Does union with Christ entail deification or theosis? Does Voetius allow for ontological participation? What does this look like? What is Voetius's view of the beatific vision? How is the Franciscan view different? And more!
Resources:
1) Mattew Baines' Website
2) Intellectual Traditions at the Medieval University, Russell Friedman
3) Ramism and the Reformation of Method: The Franciscan Legacy in Early Modernity, Simon Burton
4) Trinitarian Theology in Medieval and Reformation Thought, John T. Slotemaker
5) Treatise on the First Principle, Tom Ward
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