In this episode, Jake and Jesse talk about Baptist systematic theology, tracing its evolution from the seventeenth century to the present. They discuss key figures like Thomas Grantham, John Gill, and E.Y. Mullins, highlighting their contributions and methodological differences. The conversation further explores Free Will Baptist and Northern Baptist systematic theologies, emphasizing the unique influences shaping these works.

Chapters

• Introduction
• The Legacy of Baptist Systematic Theologies
• Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century Contributions
• Free Will Baptist and Northern Baptist Theologies
• Contemporary Systematic Theology
• Closing Thoughts

In this episode Hunter Hindsman, Leland Brown, and Stephen Presley discuss the importance of biblical theology in the life of the early church. Dr. Presley shares insights from his new book, exploring how the early church engaged with their culture and the role of the Bible in shaping their worldview. The conversation delves into the significance of ecclesial biblical theology, the influence of early church fathers, and the relationship between the rule of faith and sound biblical interpretation. They discuss the role of ecclesial context in interpretation, highlighting the necessity of discipleship and community involvement. Practical guidance for pastors is provided, focusing on how to build a liturgy that reinforces biblical interpretation. And more!

Resources:

1) Biblical Theology in the Life of the Early Church: Recovering an Ancient Vision, Stephen Presley

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction to the London Lyceum and Guests

02:00 Dr. Steven Presley's Background and Current Work

03:38 Cultural Sanctification and Its Relation to New Book

06:15 The State of Biblical Theology Today

08:35 Ecclesial Biblical Theology: A New Perspective

09:41 Methods vs. Assumptions in Biblical Interpretation

11:30 The Role of Early Church Fathers in Biblical Theology

12:58 First Principles of Biblical Theology

20:06 Understanding the Rule of Faith

23:19 Trinitarian Interpretation in Early Church Theology

26:36 Understanding the Literal and Historical Sense

30:04 The Role of Ecclesial Context in Interpretation

32:51 Discipleship and Community in Biblical Interpretation

35:13 Practical Guidance for Pastors

39:40 Building a Liturgy that Reinforces Interpretation

44:32 Engaging with the Church Fathers

48:15 Recommended Readings for Understanding the Fathers

Hunter and Leland talk with Dr. Michael Svigel about his latest book on 2nd century eschatology.

Jake and Jesse examine Samuel Richardson's thoughts on religious toleration and how Baptists should think about civil religion.

Jordan and Jacob talk with Joshua Schendel about the necessity of Christ's death. They cover topics like: Is Christ's death necessary? How did this question become so important? What are the various reformed views? What is the medieval background to the debate? How are medieval sources used? And more!

Resources:

1) The Necessity of Christ's Satisfaction: A Study of the Reformed Scholastic Theologians William Twisse (1578-1646) and John Owen (1616-1683)

Jordan discusses free choice in early modern Reformed thought with Layne Hancock and Michael Lynch. They cover topics like: Does early modern thought on free choice map onto how most think about free will today in any sense? What cautions might be appropriate for contemporary students (and even pastors) to be conscious of as they read older sources? Are the early moderns drawing on similar sources or are they being original/creative in any sense? What are the basic senses of freedom, contingency, possibility, and necessity? What is diachronic and synchronic contingency? And more!

Resources:

1) Beyond Dordt and De Auxiliis: The Dynamics of Protestant and Catholic Soteriology in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

2) Reformed Thought on Freedom: The Concept of Free Choice in Early Modern Reformed Theology

3) The Marrow of Theology

Jordan and Joel talk with Taylor Cyr and Matthews Grant about determinism, libertarian free will, and more.

Resources:

1) Free Will and God's Universal Causality: The Dual Sources Account, W. Matthews Grant

Jordan and Matt talk with Doug Blount about the doctrine of divine timelessness. They cover topics like: What is the doctrine of divine timelessness? Does it differ from saying God is atemporal, eternal, or the like? How do theories of time relate to divine timelessness and God's relation to time? Does divine timelessness fit best with a particular theory of time? Why shouldn’t we be swayed by those that argue against timelessness?

Resources:

1) Blountlystated.com

2) God and Time: Essays on the Divine Nature

Jordan talks with Jonathon Beeke about the duplex regnum Christi and related topics in Reformed theology. They cover topics like: What did the early magisterial reformers think about it? Did they have any shared understanding of the two kingdoms or of political theology in general? How did the patristic and medieval thinkers influence the Reformers in their views here? What did Luther, Bucer, and Calvin think? Were they similar? What were the views of the Reformed Orthodox? And more!

Resources:

1) Duplex Regnum Christi, Jonathon Beeke

2) Politics After Christendom, David VanDrunen

3) Theonomy: A Theological Critique, David VanDrunen

Jordan and Matt talk with Tim O'Connor about emergent dualism. They cover topics like: What is emergentism (broadly speaking)? What is it about persons and personhood? How do you understand the nature of emergence? What is its relation to other concepts such as grounding and reduction? How do you distinguish your view from emergent dualism on the one hand and non-reductive materialism on the other? How do you avoid it collapsing into one or the other? What is the nature of the unity of the emergent individual, and how does it arise? Are emergent individuals composed of separable parts? What accounts for their unity? And more!

Resources:

1) Dance to the Tune of Life, Denis Noble

2) TOConnor.org

Jordan talks with Chris Woznicki and Luke Stamps about T.F. Torrance and evangelical theology. They cover topics like: Why don’t evangelicals know him? How does Torrance relate to evangelical theology? Differences? Similarities? What does Torrance think about the atonement? What does Torrance think about theosis? And much more!

Resources:

1) T.F. Torrance and Evangelical Theology, Edited by Myk Habets and Luke Stamps

2) Theosis in the Theology of Thomas Torrance, Myk Habets

3) 40 Questions on the Trinity, Matt Emerson and Luke Stamps

Jordan talks with Kyle Dieleman about the sabbath in the Dutch Reformed tradition. They cover topics like: What is the sabbath and what are the views generally on offer in Protestant Reformed thought? What did Calvin think and how did he inform the Dutch? How did the Dutch Reformed conceive of the Sabbath? How did they interpret texts like Romans 14:5 that appear to relativize particular days? Did their theological opinions change over time? How does the Dutch view correspond/contrast to English Puritans? And more!

Resources:

1) The Battle for the Sabbath in the Dutch Reformation: Devotion or Desecration?, Kyle Dieleman

Jordan and Garrett host a roundtable on the theological interpretation of Scripture with Dan Treier, Con Campbell, Heath Thomas, and Mark Gignilliat.

Resources:

1) Reading Scripture Canonically, Mark Gignilliat

2) Introducing Theological Interpretation of Scripture, Dan Treier

3) A Manifesto for Theological Interpretation, Craig Bartholomew and Heath Thomas

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Jordan and Joseph talk with Gerald McKenny about theological ethics and moral theology. How is it distinct from other theological disciplines? How is it different from moral philosophy? Is it just another name for ethics? Why have Protestants not focused on moral theology to the extant of Roman Catholics? What are the main facets of Karl Barth's theological ethics? And more!

Resources:

1) The Analogy of Grace: Karl Barth's Moral Theology, Gerald McKenny 

2) Biotechnology, Human Nature, and Christian Ethics, Gerald McKenny 

3) Karl Barth's Moral Thought, Gerald McKenny 

Jordan and Jacob talk with Michael Allen about theological method and the doctrine of God. They cover topics like: When we talk of theological method what do we mean? Is there any sense in which there has been a consistent pattern through the history of the church? What does it look like for theology to fear the Lord? Why is theology important for the life of the local church? What is retrieval and what is its promise for theology? And more!

Resources:

1) The Fear of the Lord, Michael Allen

2) The Knowledge of God, Michael Allen

3) Reformed Catholicity, Michael Allen and Scott Swain

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Jordan talks with Neil Stewart about the ordinary means of grace. They cover topics like: What do we mean by the ordinary means of grace? What are extraordinary means? What are the sacraments and how are they to be used? Should we think of the Word as more fundamental than baptism and the eucharist? How do they fit together? How does this spirituality differ from contemporary spirituality? What are the benefits and why might someone be uncomfortable with this approach? And more!

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Jake and Jesse return for episode 6.

Jordan and Matt Ntiros talk with Tim Pickavance about his work on knowledge for the love of God. They cover topics like: What is knowledge? How does it differ from belief, intuition, faith, etc.? What are the various kinds of knowledge and how do they relate? Why does philosophical knowledge matter for me and my children and other people in Jesus's church? Does Jesus really care about knowledge? And more!

Resources:

1) Knowledge for the Love of God, Tim Pickavance

2) Metaphysics, Tim Pickavance and Rob Koons

Jordan and Morgan talk about a range of subjects on changing churches, eschatology, and preaching and application.

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Jordan and Hunter talk with Tom Schreiner about the millennium and Revelation 20. They cover topics like:  What do we mean when we speak of the millennium? What are the various views on Revelation 20? What are the common pitfalls when interpreting books like Revelation? How should the rest of the canon function in developing a sound interpretation of Revelation 20? Do any OT prophetic texts foreshadow Revelation 20 and not just Revelation 21-22? Why should pastors think and study about the millenium? What about the average Christian? And more!

Resources:

1) The Puritan Hope, Iain Murray
2) The Bible and the Future, Anthony Hoekema

Jordan talks with Jim Spiegel about idealism. They cover topics like: What is idealism and who are some figures in the Christian tradition that have been either idealists or friendly to it? What is Berkeleyan idealism and how does it differ from idealism in general? Why has there been a surge in idealism? In what sense is an immaterialist account consistent with theological doctrines like incarnation and resurrection? Is idealism consistent with the ecumenical creeds or most protestant confessions?

Resources:

1) jimspiegel.com
2) Idealism and Christian Theology
3) Idealism and Christian Philosophy

Jordan and Hunter talk with Tom McCall and Keith Stanglin about Arminius and soteriology. They cover topics like : What is Arminius's position with respect to the infamous 'facientibus quod in se est' statement? Is Arminius a 'syngergist'? (And, of course: What is 'synergism' anyway?) Given Arminius's statements, is he rightly considered a 'Semi-Pelagian'? Should we think of Arminius as Reformed? How similar is his soteriological system to what we think of as Reformed today?

Resources:

1) Jacob Arminius: Theologian of Grace, Tom McCall and Keith Stanglin
2) After Arminius: A Historical Introduction to Arminian Theology, Tom McCall and Keith Stanglin
3) Center for Christian Studies
4) Trinity, Christology, and the Theological Interpretation of Scripture with Tom McCall
5) Book Review: Arminius and the Reformed Tradition, Tom McCall

Jordan and Hunter talk with Tyler McNabb about reformed epistemology, classical theism, and aliens. They cover topis like: What is Reformed epistemology? How does it differ from other approaches? Is the Reformed Calvinistic? How does reformed epistemology differ specifically from something like scott oliphints "covenantal epistemology"? Is Reformed epistemology plausible outside our western context? What is classical theism? How does it compare or contrast with Buddhist thought? Can a buddhist be a classical theist? What are the main buddhist objections to classical theism? Do these map onto more modern western objections? And more!

Resources:

1) Religious Epistemology, Tyler McBabb
2) Classical Theism and Buddhism, Tyler McNabb
3) Eastern Philosophy, Victoria Harrison
4) Engaging Buddhism, Jay Garfield

Jordan talks with Jess Joustra about Calvinism for a Secular Age. They cover topics like: Is it right to think of Calvinism as an entire life-system and worldview? What are the distinctive theological claims of neo-calvinism? Why did Kuyper think Calvinism was the only defense against modernism? What was Kuyper's thought on race? Should we reject his entire project given its problems here? How can we befriend and celebrate historical figures that have such sins? Is principled pluralism possible? Has it failed? Is it consistent with more traditional magisterial Protestantism? And more!

Resources:

1) Calvinism for a Secular Age: A Twenty-First-Century Reading of Abraham Kuyper's Stone Lectures

2) Creation Regained, Al Wolters

3) Christian Worldview, Herman Bavinck

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In this episode Jordan talks with Ty Kieser about Christological agency and the nature of divine action especially as its found in John Owen's work. They explore the proper task of theology, the complexities of agency in Christology, and how Owen's insights can guide contemporary theological discussions. They also cover various aspects of Reformed Christology, including the concept of instrumentality, the implications of Spirit Christology, the theological influences on John Owen, the challenges of addressing Nestorianism, the distinctions between Eastern and Western theological traditions, and provide practical advice for aspiring educators in the field.

1) Theandric and Triune: John Owen and Christological Agency, Ty Kieser

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to the London Lyceum Podcast

02:06 Exploring Theandric and Triune: John Owen's Influence

05:56 The Proper Task of Theology

10:11 Understanding Agency in Christology

17:58 Navigating the Complexities of Divine Agency

25:10 Exploring Instrumentality in Reformed Christology

28:30 Spirit Christology: A New Perspective

32:10 John Owen's Theological Influences

33:49 Addressing Nestorianism in Reformed Thought

35:54 East vs. West: Theological Distinctions

37:56 Advice for Aspiring Theological Educators

41:46 Balancing Teaching and Family Life

43:25 Upcoming Projects and Collaborations

Jordan talks with Greg Welty about the life and thought of Alvin Platinga. They cover topics like who is Plantinga, why is he important? What is Platinga's model of faith and reason? How is it similar to John Owen's? Did Plantinga reference Owen at all? What is Plantinga's free will defense? Should Reformed Christians find it useful or plausible? What did Plantinga think about the divine attributes? Why did he reject classical theism? Was this important for his overall philosophical project? And more!

Resources:

1) Alvin Plantinga, Greg Welty
2) Why is There Evil in the World (and So Much of It)?, Greg Welty

Jordan and Matt Ntiros talk with Jeff Koperski about physics, metaphysics, and Thomism. They cover topics like: What are Thomistic metaphysics and physics? What are its central commitments? What are the key aspects of Thomistic physics and metaphysics that you find problematic? What metaphysical shifts needed to occur in order for modern science and the scientific revolution to take off? What alternative metaphysical commitments does modern science depend on? Does any of this change with the advent of quantum mechanics? Is quantum mechanics perhaps more consistent with Thomism than classical physics, or is the situation still the same? And more!

Jordan discusses the necessity and role of confessions for local church and denominational life.

Resources:

1) The Creedal Imperative

Jordan talks with Alex DiPrima about Spurgeon's ministry to the poor. They cover topics like: What is mercy ministry? Where should we think of mercy ministry and social concern as fitting the larger mission of the church? How did Spurgeon find time to focus on things besides preaching? Was Spurgeon's mercy ministry a standard approach among reformed congregations or was it unique? What can churches use today from Spurgeon's past ministry? Where are churches today deficient? Did Spurgeon get any pushback from his fellow Baptists in London on these matters? And more!

Resources:

1) Spurgeon and the Poor, Alex DiPrima

Jordan is joined by Garrett, Morgan, Jacob, and Hunter as they discuss a wide range of topics including inerrancy, John Gill and premodern interpretation, the Song of Solomon, the intellect and evangelism, the authorial intent of creeds and confessions, anthropology, and more.

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Jordan talks with Derek King about the problem of divine hiddenness. They cover topics like: What is the problem of divine hiddenness? How is it related to the problem of evil? Who has advanced this worry? Is it common among lay thinkers? What is Gregory of Nyssa's concept of knowing God by participation? How is it relevant? What is the role of the church in the problem of divine hiddenness? What does group agency have to do with anything? How is Christ present in the liturgy? Which liturgical actions are most important and why? And much more!

Resources:

1) The Church and the Problem of Divine Hiddenness, Derek King

Jake and Jesse introduce themselves and describe the purpose of the show.

Resources:

1) 8 reasons Baptist history should matter to you

Jordan talks with Thomas Jay Oord about open and relational theology. They cover topics like: What is open and relational theology? How might it differ from conventional theologies like classical or neo-classical theism? What does it mean for God to be loving? What is the logic of love? If the future is open and undetermined how can God predict the future and have detailed prophecies recorded in scripture? What should we make of texts that ascribe plans to the definite foreknowledge of God? Why assume freedom for creatures must have genuine choices among possibilities?  And much more.

Resources:

1)  Center for Open and Relational Theology

Jordan talks with Joel Chopp about Thomas Aquinas on Scripture and free will. They cover topics like: How does Thomas think of Scripture in general? Is he chiefly a philosophical theologian? What would he think about sola scriptura? What is scholastic exegesis? Is this different from Thomas? Is this different from today? What are the protestant critiques of Thomas's use of scripture? Are they valid? What does freedom mean? What does Thomas think about freedom and God? Is God free? Is the world necessary? And much more.

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Jordan explains what Analytic Theology is, offers resources on it, defends it against the most common objections, and answers several questions.

Resources:

T&T Clark Handbook to AT: https://amzn.to/3Z5WKoy
The Nature and Promise of AT: https://amzn.to/3IakLnT (It's actually affordable now contra my memory!)
An Invitation to Analytic Christian Theology: https://amzn.to/3Z0aIIK
Analytic Theology as a Way of Life: https://jat-ojs-baylor.tdl.org/jat/ar...

In this episode Jordan talks with Kyle Strobel about the theological and psychological insights of Jonathan Edwards, particularly focusing on the distinctions between infused and acquired virtues. They explore Edwards' unique contributions to moral theology and the implications for contemporary Protestant thought, emphasizing the importance of understanding virtue in the context of spiritual formation and the role of divine grace.

Resources:

1) Jonathan Edwards: An Introduction to His Thought, Kyle Strobel and Oliver Crisp

2) Gratitude to God: Jonathan Edwards and the Opening of the Self, Kyle Strobel

3) Aquinas and the Infused Moral Virtues, Angela Knobel

4) Kylestrobel.substack.com

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to the London Lyceum Podcast

00:54 Exploring Jonathan Edwards and His Influence

06:05 Understanding Edwards' Psychological Framework

11:02 The Distinction Between Infused and Acquired Virtues

19:47 Theological Implications of Virtue in Protestantism

25:32 The Nature of Regeneration and Infused Virtues

32:24 The Distinction Between Infused and Acquired Virtues

38:51 Understanding Infusion Through Biblical Context

41:21 Resources for Understanding Infused Virtues

45:20 Edwards and the Question of Panentheism

Jordan talks with Paul Gavrilyuk about divine impassibility. They cover topics like: What is the doctrine of divine impassibility? Is the doctrine biblical in any sense? Is it a false dilemma to choose between an unrestrictedly impassible and unrestrictedly passible God? Are there various different ways it has been understood in history? Is impassibility consistent with any passions being ascribed to God such as love or delight? Is impassibility consistent with God having emotions? If God is to have compassion can he be impassible? Does compassion require suffering?

Resources:

1) The Suffering of the Impassible God: The Dialectics of Patristic Thought, Paul Gavrilyuk

Jordan and Hunter talk with Mark Noll about his book "America's Book." They cover topics like: What was the relationship between American republicanism and the Bible?  How did Americans preserve a distinctly Christian culture but without the mechanisms of establishment? Why did many Americans read the Bible's narratives as demonstrating  God's special attention to the US? How did the Bible inspire hope for black Americans and inspire others to challenge racism while others use it to support white supremacy? How did the Bible shape the political discourse leading up to civil war? Is a “Bible civilization” something Christians should hope to recover?

Resources:

1) America's Book, Mark Noll
2) America's God, Mark Noll
3) The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind, Mark Noll

Jordan and Jacob talk with Lainey Greer about a theology of the body. They cover topics like: What is a theology of the body? Why should we think about it? What do most Christians think about the body? What does the Bible think about the body? What is monism and dualism and why is it relevant? What is body image? What are some challenges to body image? How can we help with this image? What is the body image framework? How should pastors teach their congregations about body image?

Resources:

1) Be Well: Learning to Steward Your Health, Lainey Greer

Jordan talks with Christy Thornton about theological method. They cover topics like: What is theological method? Has there been a consistent method in the history of the church? What does the church have to do with theological method? Does the idea of our theological method having some reciprocal nature destabilize the meaning of the text? What do the sacraments have to do with theological method and knowing God? And more!

Resources:

1) On the Apostolic Preaching, Irenaeus 

Jordan and Conner talk with Tyler Wittman and Bobby Jamieson about their book on biblical reasoning. They cover topics like: What are the two modes of reasoning? How do they relate? Why is the model of raw material and its development an unhelpful one? What is an alternative? What do you think theological retrieval means? How does it look for this project? Why is vision such an important metaphor? How does faith function in our knowing God? What is the school of Christ? What is the curriculum of Christ? Why are we justified in presupposing that God is infinite and unchangeable when interpreting the Bible? What does the Trinity have to do with reading Scripture? How are we to read and understand the paradoxical statements about Christ? What is partitive exegesis and why is it important? Can you walk me through how all this works with John 5:17-30? And more.

Resources:

1) Biblical Reasoning: Christological and Trinitarian Rules for Exegesis, Bobby Jamieson and Tyler Wittman

Jordan talks with Cory Brock and Gray Sutanto about Neo-Calvinism. They cover topics like What is Neo-Calvinism? When did it begin? Why did it begin? Main figures of note? Is Neo-Calvinism a deviation from classical Protestantism? Why does it sometimes have a negative connotation? Is Christianity truly universal enough to use any culture or philosophy? Should we not be tied down to certain dogmatic elements in the patristic or medieval era? What is the difference between common grace and natural law? Is Principled Pluralism a characteristic of Neo-Calvinism? Is it sustainable? And more!

Resources:

1) Neo-Calvinism: A Theological Introduction, Cory Brock and Gray Sutanto

Jordan talks with Jason Eberl about human persons and bioethics. They cover topics like: What does it mean to say human nature? Is it an abstract object or a concrete flesh and blood person, etc.? What do we mean by identity? What does bioethics have to do with metaphysics? What is hylemorphism? What are the alternative views? Dualism, materialism, etc. where do they falter? When do human persons begin to exist? What are the views on offer? When do human persons cease to exist? What is death? And more!

Resources:

1) The Nature of Human Persons: Metaphysics and Bioethics, Jason Eberl

Jordan talks with Thomas Williams about Anselm. They cover topics like who is Anselm, what is Anselm's account of individuation, what new things did Prof Williams learn while writing his Very Short Introduction on Anselm, and more.

Resources:

1) Anselm: A Very Short Introduction, Thomas Williams
2) The Complete Treatises: with Selected Letters and Prayers and the Meditation on Human Redemption, Translated by Thomas Williams

Jordan talks with Jared Oliphint about social ontology, conceputal engineering, and Reformed philosophy. They cover topics like: What is the difference between ontology and metaphysics? What is social ontology? What is conceptual engineering within philosophy of language? What are types and tokens? Why have an ontology of words? What are some dispositions you’ve developed in philosophy that you think theologians should imitate? What are areas of philosophy do you wish theologians would devote themselves to understanding? What about pastors? Why does Reformed theology oftentimes have a dim view of philosophy in our day?

Resources:

1) Social Ontology, Brian Epstein
2) Types and Tokens, Linda Wetzel
3) Theosophical Literacy, Jared Oliphint

Jordan talks with Richard Cross about Christology and metaphysics in the Seventeenth century. They cover a wide range of topics like: Generally speaking, what are union and communion theories about the hypostatic union? What are the shared beliefs between these two views? Who are some of the important figures that held to these respectively? What is the nature of accidents and dependence relations and how they are relevant for union and communion theories? What is the order of subsistence and existence for each model? What Reformed theologians opt for a communion vs a union account of the hypostatic union? What are their reasonings? Are union theories averse to compositional Christological accounts? If so, why? Does composition imply potentiality? And more!

Resources:

1) Christology and Metaphysics in the Seventeenth Century, Richard Cross
2) Communicatio Idiomatum: Reformation Christological Debates, Richard Cross
3) The Medieval Christian Philosophers: An Introduction, Richard Cross

Jake and Jesse chat with David Lytle about the life and theology of Dan Taylor.

Resources:

1) Dan Taylor’s Theology of Grace: An Eighteenth-Century Arminian Baptist Perspective

Jordan talks with Oliver O'Donovan about a range of issues related to moral theology. They cover topics like: What is moral theology? Has it fallen on hard times? Why might you suggest American evangelicals struggle with the concepts? What are the views on transhumanism and is there a distinctively Christian vision? What are your thoughts on genetic therapy/enhancement? What should we think about medical advancements like surrogacy and synthetic gametes & embryos? Are these ethical? Why was politics separated from theology? Should we seek to repair this divide? Is it moral to legislate morality? Does it end up corrupting morality and even theology itself if we seek to do so? How does political discourse that begins with the kingdom of God illumine topics of theology? And more!

Resources:

1) Begotten or Made?, Oliver O'Donovan
2) The Desire of the Nations: Rediscovering the Roots of Political Theology, Oliver O'Donovan
3) Resurrection and Moral Order: An Outline for Evangelical Ethics, Oliver O'Donovan

Jordan talks with Thomas Dixon about passions and emotions. They cover topics like: What is passion, emotion, appetite, and affection? What is the history behind the changing landscape on these terms during the nineteenth century? What did Augustine and Aquinas think about them? How were they similar? How did they differ? How was "emotion" created as a category? What would those like Augustine and Aquinas think had they been alive? What is the value of the category emotion? Would it be better to go back to an older way of thinking about it? And much more!

Resources:

1) From Passions to Emotions, Thomas Dixon
2) The History of Emotions, Thomas Dixon
3) The Passions: Emotions and the Meaning of Life, Robert Solomon
4) The Enticing Sin of Empathy, Joe Rigney
5) Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain, Antonio Damasio
6) The Emotions Lab
7) Losing Our Minds: The Challenge of Defining Mental Illness, Lucy Foulkes
8) Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions, Jean-Paul Sartre
9) Emotion: The History of a Keyword in Crisis

Jordan and Hunter talk with Tom Ward about Scotus. They cover topics like: What first drew you to Scotus? Why have you found him worthy of so much of your time? Who was Scotus? Why isn't he as admired as he should be? What does Scotus mean by univocity? Why should Scotus's approach not be controversial? Should we be skeptical of Scotus? And more!

Resources:

1) Ordered by Love, Tom Ward