Daily Post from Apologetics315 for 10/06/2020

Terminology Tuesday: Death-of-God Theology By David Montoya on Oct 06, 2020 09:00 am DEATH-OF-GOD THEOLOGY. In the mid-1960s, counter-cultural radicalism was echoed in theology as a few thinkers adopted Nietzsche’s slogan, ‘God is dead.’ Thomas J. J. Altizer (b. 1927) argued that God had become fully human in Christ, so as to lose his divine attributes and therefore his divine existence (a sort of extreme kenoticism). William Hamilton (b. 1924), with less claim to theological profundity, said that modern people were no longer able to believe in God, and the church ought therefore to seek to do without him as well. Paul van Buren (b. 1924) followed linguistic philosophers in arguing that the concept of God was ‘cognitively meaningless’, since God’s existence and nature were not verifiable or falsifiable by the methods of science (cf. Logical Positivism).The death-of-God theology was a minor movement (though it brought great notoriety, briefly, to its authors), but an instructive one: because it underscored the bankruptcy of the... Read on » Weekly Podcast Roundup (10/04) By Mark Lester on Oct 05, 2020 10:11 am Risen Jesus Church tradition states that the Gospel of Mark is based on what Mark remembered Peter reporting. However, many scholars doubt this claim. What do the data suggest and what do most of today’s scholars think about this matter? Join Mike Licona and Josh Pelletier as they discuss the possibility of Petrine recollections in Mark’s Gospel. Unbelievable? Amy Orr-Ewing, co-director of OCCA and author of 'Where Is God In All The Suffering?', discusses the problem of pain with Jon Steingard, whose own doubts around Christian faith were triggered by seeing the suffering of children in Uganda. Veracity Hill In this episode Kurt talks with Blake Giunta of BeliefMap.org on the problem of Divine Hiddenness. They spend time going through the website’s map of the arguments. Original Air Date: January 27, 2018 Read on » See more content at Apologetics315.com Copyright © 2020 Apologetics315, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website. Our mailing address is: Apologetics315 Defenders Media 108 W. Main St. West Chicago, Il 60185 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

 

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