The Australasian Philosophy of Religion Association (APRA) conference will be running at the University of Auckland from 16-17 July and will feature this blog’s own Matthew Flannagan and our good friend Glenn Peoples. The APRA conference is an annual event usually taking place over two days in mid July. Speakers include: John Bishop (University of Auckland) Trent Dougherty (Baylor […]
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The Australasian Philosophy of Religion Association Conference @ Auckland University
July 11th, 2011 4 Comments
Naturalisms in Ethics Conference @ Auckland Uni
July 10th, 2011 10 Comments
The Naturalisms in Ethics conference will be running at the University of Auckland from 14-15 July and will feature this blog’s own Matthew Flannagan. Here is the blurb from organiser Chris Tucker’s page (which includes registration information – see also the Facebook Event page): ‘Naturalism’ is a multiply ambiguous term—hence the title Naturalisms in Ethics— but it is […]
Auckland Bloggers Drinks – This Thursday
July 6th, 2011 3 Comments
The first Thursday of the month means Bloggers Drinks! The event for bloggers, blog trolls, blog groupies (bloupies) and blog readers who happen to be in Auckland. Past blogging celebrities in attendance include bloggers and blog readers from: 21st Century Renaissance, And All These Things, Annie Fox, As Yourself Hermitage, Barnsley Bill, Beretta, Blondie, Bowalley Road, The Fairfacts […]
Tags: Bloggers Drinks · Galbraiths
Hear Iain Provan on Why Should we Read the Old Testament, and How?
June 11th, 2011 1 Comment
Compass Foundation and Regent College are hosting Iain Provan at an event in Auckland next month entitled ‘Why Should we Read the Old Testament, and How?’ Here is the info from their blurb: Why read the Old Testament? What relevance could this old collection of books have for us today? And how should we read it? How […]
Tags: Compass · Events · Iain Provan · Regent College
Auckland Bloggers Drinks – This Thursday
May 29th, 2011 2 Comments
The first Thursday of the month means Bloggers Drinks! The event for bloggers, blog trolls, blog groupies (bloupies) and blog readers who happen to be in Auckland. Past blogging celebrities in attendance include bloggers and blog readers from: 21st Century Renaissance, And All These Things, Annie Fox, As Yourself Hermitage, Barnsley Bill, Beretta, Blondie, Bowalley Road, The Fairfacts […]
Tags: Bloggers Drinks · Galbraiths
Just Think – Matthew Flannagan Speaking for ProLife NZ @ Waikato University
May 20th, 2011 Comments Off on Just Think – Matthew Flannagan Speaking for ProLife NZ @ Waikato University
Student group ProLife NZ have launched a campaign entitled JustThink (you can read more about it at the link). To kick things off the Waikato branch has invited Matt to speak on their key messages: Is an unborn child a human being? Should it have a right to life? Should our views on abortion affect others? […]
Tags: Abortion · Events · Feticide · Just Think · Pro Life NZ
We’re Going to San Francisco!
May 10th, 2011 15 Comments
Last year I was invited to present at the Annual Evangelical Philosophical Society Apologetics Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. This was a real surprise to me and an honour. Some of the best evangelical Christian scholars in the world presented at this conference; speakers included Alvin Plantinga, William Lane Craig, Paul Copan, Gary Habermas, Mike Licona, […]
Tags: Apologetics · EPS · Evangelical Philosophical Society · San Francisco · SBL · Society of Biblical Literature
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.
