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Reading Pagans (and Christians) with Charity

December 4, 2012 by Micheal Hickerson No Comments

W.H. Auden

Two weeks ago, James Sire addressed a question from me about learning from artists and writers who have a different world view than my own. In his response, he mentioned Alan Jacobs’s A Theology of Reading, which I have been reading and blogging through lately. I’d like to expand a bit on Jim’s reference to […]

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Filed Under: Academic Vocations, Christ and the Academy, Question and Answer Tagged With: alan jacobs, basil the great, books, James Sire, jane tompkins, knowledge, reading with charity, soren kierkegaard, virtue, w. h. auden

What comes after Postmodernism?

November 30, 2012 by Tom Grosh IV 5 Comments

The Universe Next Door cover

A question from friends at Evangelical Seminary: What comes after Postmodernism? What does James W. Sire have to offer in response to the $64 Question — now by inflation the $64 Million Dollar Question? ————————- This question is easy for me to answer. I don’t know. In fact, I don’t think anyone can know. I like the ad […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Christian Thought and Practice, Question and Answer Tagged With: Evangelical Seminary, James Sire, James Sire on ESN, postmodernism

Insights from works by people from other worldviews?

November 23, 2012 by Tom Grosh IV No Comments

How To Read Slowly

James W. Sire addresses another excellent question from Micheal Hickerson, ESN Blog Contributor: Should Christians worry if they find themselves enjoying or gaining insight from artistic, literary or academic works by people from other worldviews? I know that this has been a question within the Christian world from the ancients to the present. Didn’t Tertullian (c. […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Christian Thought and Practice, Question and Answer Tagged With: A Theology of Reading, alan jacobs, Albert Camus, Augustine, C. S. Lewis, How to Read Slowly, James Sire, James Sire on ESN, John Calvin, knowledge, relativism, Tertullian, Virginia Woolf, worldview

Does worldview theory lead to relativism?

November 16, 2012 by Tom Grosh IV 2 Comments

Naming The Elephant

James W. Sire addresses another excellent question from Micheal Hickerson, ESN Blog Contributor: Is there a danger that acknowledging different worldviews will lead to the position that “all truth is relative”? Yes and No. Yes. If in fact there are different worldviews (and indeed there are), then one way to avoid frustration in dialog between those […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Christian Thought and Practice, Question and Answer Tagged With: James Sire, James Sire on ESN, Pluralism, relativism, worldview

What is the biggest challenge to today’s apologist?

November 9, 2012 by Tom Grosh IV No Comments

Why Good Arguments Often Fail

James W. Sire addresses: What is the biggest challenge to today’s apologist? — A question received by email inquiry. I doubt that there is a “today’s apologist.” Every person engaged in presenting the Christian faith is “today’s apologist.” Moreover, I can address the question but I am no longer an active traveling apologist with exposure […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Christian Thought and Practice, Question and Answer Tagged With: apathy, apologetics, Christian Apologetics, difficult apologetic issues, evil, James Sire, James Sire on ESN, knowledge, worldview

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