Posts Tagged ‘calvinism’

April 10, 2010 10

Thoughts on “Calvinism for the 21st Century”

By Robert Minto in Retrospects

Since several contributors to this blog presented papers at Dordt’s just-finished calvinism conference (Schultz, Mangold, Den Boer, Veldkamp, and me), I thought it would be a good idea to briefly recap what struck me as its values and its downfalls, and to give a placeholder (in the comments) for discussion about it.
The conference was about [...]

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January 7, 2010 1

Daniel Den Boer

By Daniel Den Boer in Blogging, Prospects, Retrospects

Entering “The Veil Away” as an author is an honor. Even before Robert and I became good friends I would be drawn to this blog time and time again. It has always offered an excellent example of theological, philosophical, and theoritical discourse. I earnestly hope to avoid spoiling the foundation already established.
A recent convert to [...]

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December 31, 2009 4

Old Year’s Accomplishments/New Year’s Expectations

By Robert Minto in Prospects

As the necessary — and all too-often neglected — prequel to my New Year’s thoughts, I have compiled my favorite personal accomplishments of the year 2009.

I successfully proposed to Rachel, thereby demonstrating that there is hope for us all.
I read over 300 books.
I broadened my mind in countless ways, some of the most important of [...]

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December 3, 2009 4

The Predicament of the Modern Subject (Taylor)

By Robert Minto in Epistemology, Man

Having some free time this evening, I took the opportunity to begin reading Charles Taylor’s Hegel. I found his set up of Hegel’s context immensely interesting—especially as a coherent jumping-off point for further thought. Taylor asserts that Hegel’s whole philosophy is—put most economically—a vast attempt to solve a problem of “the nature of human subjectivity [...]

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September 26, 2009 4

Some Prospects

By Robert Minto in Blogging, Plans, Retrospects, Scholarship, Strategy

Two (related) things I will likely be posting about soon:

God in the Gallery, by Daniel Siedell. Because Dan himself was coming to visit Dordt College, to speak to art students and anyone else apt to listen, I took the opportunity to read his book. Good thing I did! It has prompted a lot of thought [...]

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September 6, 2009 0

Sunday Sundries

By Robert Minto in Sundries

James Smith speculates that the role of the Christian university should be to produce doubt.
The Ten Points of Evangelical Calvinism / the Rest of Bobby Grow’s new blog, as well.
Halden speculates about what freaking out tells us about Conservatism.
The results of the Worst Preacher Ever 2009 are in…
Why books are better.

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