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Three Cheers for Wisdom: Clarifications Contra Critics
Last week, I wrote a brief summary of our objections (here at Davenant) to “Christian worldview” thinking, and why we prefer the language of “wisdom” instead. The post was in many ways an experiment to see whether it’s possible to make a big-picture argument, about big and controversial concepts, in roughly 1,500 words. I’m tempted…
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What’s So Bad About “Worldview”?
We’ve been known to rib on “Christian worldview thinking” from time to time, and scrupulously avoid “worldview” language in our publications and programs. Naturally, I frequently get asked why, and I thought I would finally take a stab at an answer here.
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Calvin’s Luther: Unity and Continuity in Protestantism
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] John Calvin: More Lutheran or Zwinglian? Everybody knows that Calvin was closer to Zurich than to Wittenberg. What this essay presupposes is: Maybe he wasn’t? In fact, Calvin was neither Zwinglian nor Lutheran in the developed sense of those terms, but rather saw himself as one who might mediate between the two sides…
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Report on a Regional Convivium — South Carolina, January 5-6, 2018
On January 5-6, 2018, The Davenant Institute held a small Regional Convivium at the Davenant House in South Carolina. Below is Scott Pryor’s summary of the event. If you are interested in attending a future Convivium or other Davenant events, sign up for updates of our projects and events here. The post below was originally posted…
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Reason Diabolical, Reason Divine: Melanchthon on Philosophy, Humanism and Scripture
This article appeared in Volume II, Issue 4 of Ad Fontes.
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Do We Need an Ecumenical Council on Homosexuality?
With churches dividing across the world over the issues of gay ordinations and marriages, some have wondered whether we need an ecumenical council to resolve the issue. Must we withhold judgment until the entire church decides? Brad Belschner and Alastair Roberts discuss.
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Technology in Service of the Gospel
This is a guest post from conservative Anglican journalist, David Virtue, http://virtueonline.org/
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Ad Fontes Volume II, Issue 4
Philosophy and the Christian in the Reformation In this issue, Dr. Hutchinson and Dr. Haines continue this year’s thematic study of how Christians should understand the relationship of philosophy and theology, faith and reason, by examining how the Protestant Reformers and their immediate successors approached this crucial question. In This Issue Reason Diabolical, Reason Divine:…
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The Spirit of Reformation Theology: The Doctrine of the Trinity in Action
The first of Davenant’s “Reformation: Then and Now” Lecture Series gets off to a great start with Dr. Josh Malone’s lecture “The Spirit of Reformation Theology.” Listen to the lecture below!
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