The Systematic Theology Association in Aotearoa New Zealand (STAANZ ) are this week holding a conference in Auckland focusing on eschatology and pneumatology. What: STAANZ Conference on Eschatology and Pneumatology When: Thursday 19 November – Friday 20 November 9:00am-5:30 pm Where: Ponsonby Baptist Church, 43 Jervois Rd, Auckland Cost: $15 Pre-conference prayer will be held […]
Entries Tagged as 'Ethics'
Auckland STAANZ Conference: Eschatology and Pneumatology UPDATED
November 18th, 2009 10 Comments
Tags: Eschatology · Ethics · Feticide · Kenneth Einar Himma · Pneumatology · STAANZ · Theology
“My Ways are Not Your Ways” Notre Dame Conference
November 10th, 2009 2 Comments
In September this year, the centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Notre Dame hosted a conference entitled “My Ways Are Not Your Ways”; the proceedings of the conference can be seen at the previous link and is a good resource. The theme of the conference, as outlined on Notre Dame’s webpage, is […]
Tags: Faith and Reason · God and Morality · Notre Dame · Philosophy of Religion · Theology
Audi and the Infallibility of Religious Reasons
November 7th, 2009 6 Comments
In “Liberal Democracy and the Place of Religion in Politics”,[1] Robert Audi defends the liberal thesis that religious reasons should not be utilised in debate on issues of public policy. Instead he contends that “one should not advocate or support any law or public policy that restricts human conduct unless one has, and is willing […]
Tags: Ethics · Philosophy of Religion · Religion in Public Life · Robert Audi
Guest Post: Israel – Definitely One Subject Where One “Size-R” Does Not Fit All!
October 27th, 2009 15 Comments
This guest post, part of open mic week(s), is a long, uncharacteristically straight-forward and very interesting submission from Jonny King on Israel. Israel – Definitely One Subject Where One “Size-R” Does Not Fit All! Warning! Reading this could induce uncontrollable urges to spontaneously desire sleep! Recommended for Insomniacs and other freaks! Now I thought that […]
Tags: Hamas · Israel · Jonny King · War Ethics
MandM to hit Wellington: Speaking at the All for Life Workshop
October 2nd, 2009 10 Comments
Matt and I are having a weekend in Wellington. On Saturday 28 November we’re speaking at the All for Life Workshop; we’ll be giving a “how to” critique the common philosophical arguments for abortion rights by highlighting the flaws in the reasoning and turning the logic back on itself. Also speaking are Brendan Malone, Bob […]
Tags: All for Life Workshop · Bloggers Drinks · Feticide · Wellington
A common objection to belief in the God of the Bible is that a good, kind, and loving deity would never command the wholesale slaughter of nations. In the tradition of his popular Is God a Moral Monster?, Paul Copan teams up with Matthew Flannagan to tackle some of the most confusing and uncomfortable passages of Scripture. Together they help the Christian and nonbeliever alike understand the biblical, theological, philosophical, and ethical implications of Old Testament warfare passages.
The NZ Herald on Cactus Kate and Priorities in Journalism Ethics
November 17th, 2009 8 Comments
There is an interesting story unfolding in the blogosphere. Cactus Kate published extracts of APN News and Media’s guidelines for publication on her blog in, APN Chicken Out, and inserted her own commentary and spin on them based on email correspondence from staff members working for APN’s publications. Where it gets really interesting is that […]
Tags: Cactus Kate · Journalism Ethics · New Zealand Herald