Archive for July, 2008

16 Milestones in Thinking about Just War

Posted by T on July 26, 2008
20th century, Ethics / 2 Comments

This is the 65th anniversary of the Allied firebomb-murder of Continue reading…

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Berman on Law and Religion

Posted by T on July 12, 2008
Current Discourse, Ethics, Judaica / 2 Comments

The topic addressed in this little book is important, asking such questions as what is law? where did it come from? what are the dynamics Continue reading…

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N. T. Wright on the Resurrection

Posted by T on July 03, 2008
Man, Salvation / 5 Comments

The thesis is that the “Easter belief” of the early Christians (a) refers intentionally to a literal, physical (not merely spiritual) raising of Jesus from the dead, and (b) the mode and breadth of this belief can only be explained on the hypothesis that that is what actually happened. The thesis is pursued in specific and detailed interaction with the Leben Jesu literature, most of which denies the resurrection. The characteristic emphasis that we would expect from Wright is Continue reading…

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