This is a talk I gave to the New Zealand Association of Philosophy Teachers annual conference at St Cutherberts College in September this year. Several people have asked me to make this talk available. I have broken my talk up into four parts. Part One introduces what philosophy of religion. In part two I will outline two […]
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Contemporary Philosophy of Religion and NCEA Religious Studies: Part Four
October 23rd, 2017 Comments Off on Contemporary Philosophy of Religion and NCEA Religious Studies: Part Four
Tags: Graham Oppy · John Mackie · NCEA
Contemporary Philosophy of Religion and NCEA Religious Studies: Part three
October 21st, 2017 Comments Off on Contemporary Philosophy of Religion and NCEA Religious Studies: Part three
This is a talk I gave to the New Zealand Association of Philosophy Teachers annual conference at St Cutherberts College in September this year. Several people have asked me to make this talk available. I have broken my talk up into four parts. Part One introduces what philosophy of religion. In part two I will outline two […]
Tags: Alvin Plantinga · Evidentialism · Kai Neilsen · Marilyn Adams · Phillip Quinn · Reformed Epistemology · Verificationism
Contemporary Philosophy of Religion and NCEA Religious Studies: Part two
October 19th, 2017 Comments Off on Contemporary Philosophy of Religion and NCEA Religious Studies: Part two
This is a talk I gave to the New Zealand Association of Philosophy Teachers annual conference at St Cutherberts College in September this year. Several people have asked me to make this talk available. I have broken my talk up into four parts. Part One introduces what philosophy of religion. In part two I will outline two […]
Tags: Antony Flew · Bertrand Russell · Evidentialism · John Mackie · Verificationism · William Clifford
Contemporary Philosophy of Religion and NCEA Religious Studies: Part one
October 17th, 2017 Comments Off on Contemporary Philosophy of Religion and NCEA Religious Studies: Part one
This is a talk I gave to the New Zealand Association of Philosophy Teachers annual conference at St Cutherberts College in September this year. Several people have asked me to make this talk available. I have broken my talk up into four parts. Part One introduces what philosophy of religion. In part two I will […]
Tags: Anselm · Augustine · Bentham · David Hume · James Rachels · Jeremy Bentham · John Locke · Philosophy of Religion · Utilitarianism · William Paley
Towards Belief Auckland, 26 and 30 November 2015 – with Dr Matthew Flannagan
November 22nd, 2015 2 Comments
Takanini Community Church in Auckland are hosting a Towards Belief event with this blog’s Matt. Towards Belief follows Australian pastor and host, Karl Faase as he travels to the UK, USA and Australia to interview more than thirty leading authors, speakers and academics as they seek to defuse the top belief blockers of our time. This […]
Tags: Apologetics · Events · Karl Faase · Takanini Community Church · Towards Belief
Hear Matt’s Three Talks on “Questions People ask”
October 29th, 2015 Comments Off on Hear Matt’s Three Talks on “Questions People ask”
Recently Matt spoke at Orewa Community Church, as part of their series on “Questions People ask”. His three talks: “How can there be just one religion?”, “How does God allow suffering?”, and “Hasn’t Science disproved Christianity?” are all available to listen online to here.
Tags: Apologetics · Pluralism · Problem of Evil · Science and Religion · Sermons
A very belated report on my trip to San Diego
April 12th, 2015 Comments Off on A very belated report on my trip to San Diego
With trips to the US, Christmas, New Years, the summer break, Madeleine’s work, my preaching and juggling the family and the launch of my book, it has been a while since I blogged. Since the last post was about me going to the US I figured I should start by giving a very belated update on the trip […]
Tags: Evangelical Philosophical Society · Evangelical Theological Society · 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.
