Thinking Matters and Evangelical Union hosted an event at the University of Auckland for Jesus Week entitled A Godless Public Square: Do ‘Private’ Christian Beliefs Have a Place in Public Life? This event was essentially a conversation between Theology, Philosophy and Law on the topic of Religion in Public Life. It featured Matthew Flannagan - Analytic Theologian, Glenn Peoples - Philosopher and Madeleine Flannagan - Legal Scholar [...]
Tags: Doctrine of Religious Restraint · Freedom of Religion · Gerald Gaus · Glenn Peoples · John Rawls · MandM on Video · Pat Brittenden · Religion in Public Life · Robert Audi · Steven Smith
On 4 February 2011 the Auckland Reason and Science Society (“RSS”) hosted an event they titled “Divine Command Theory with Dr. Matthew Flannagan” at the University of Auckland. For those of you who missed the event, here is the video. Note: This video only includes footage of the talk itself and not the Q&A that [...]
Tags: Divine Command Theory · God and Morality · MandM on Video · Reason and Science Society
On Monday 2 August at the University of Auckland Emeritus Professor of Philosophy Dr Raymond Bradley and Dr Matthew Flannagan (of this blog) debated the topic “Is God the Source of Morality? Is it rational to ground right and wrong in commands issued by God?” Here is the video of that debate. Hat Tip: Thinking Matters [...]
Tags: Debates · Divine Command Theory · God and Morality · MandM on Video · Matthew Flannagan · Raymond Bradley
If you missed the “Has Science Disproved God?” panel discussion at Auckland University last week and you just cannot wait for the video to be edited, formatted and uploaded to You Tube then simply follow this link: “Has Science Disproved God?” to listen to the podcast of the event. In the first hour the speakers [...]
Tags: Events · Jeff Tallon · MandM on Video · Matthew Flannagan · Neil Broom · Richard Dawkins · Robert Mann · Science and Religion · Thinking Matters
Episode two of the television panel discussion I participated in on parental consent/notification for abortion is now available for viewing online here at Pacific Viewpoint TV. (Episode one can be viewed here). The show runs for 30 minutes; in this episode I appear as a panel member (last time I was an audience member). Panelists [...]
Tags: Abortion · Bev Adair · Cushla McNabb · MandM on Video · Pacific Viewpoint · Paul Hutchison · Reverend Tavale Matai’a · Setita Millar · Sex Education · Ula Sangyum
Episode one of the television panel discussion Madeleine participated in on parental consent/notification for abortion is now available for viewing online here at Pacific Viewpoint TV. The show runs for 30 minutes; in this episode Madeleine features as an audience member (panelists are Bev Adair, Paul Hutchison, Reverend Tavale Matai’a) and she goes a round [...]
Tags: Abortion · Bev Adair · MandM on Video · Pacific Viewpoint · Paul Hutchison · Reverend Tavale Matai'a
Matt spoke at Thinking Matters Auckland on 28 May 2009 on Moral Relativism. A popular view of ethics holds that actions are right or wrong only if a person or a community believes that they are right or wrong, and that it is inappropriate to apply your own standards to others. This position is known [...]
Tags: Apologetics · MandM on Video · Thinking Matters
Matt spoke at the Thinking Matters Auckland Launch on 8 March 2009 on Apologetics: Answering Objections to the Christian Faith. If you missed it or wish to see it again or if you have been thinking about attending a Thinking Matters seminar or booking Matt as a speaker and you are not sure if he [...]
Tags: Apologetics · Faith and Reason · MandM on Video · Pluralism · Problem of Evil · Thinking Matters
View “Marae: The Great Waitangi Debate” Here
February 6th, 2010 4 Comments
For those of you who slept in, got the time wrong or who just don’t get TV One because you don’t live in New Zealand, click on the link to watch “Marae: The Great Waitangi Debate,” as screened on national television this morning. The debate featured panelists Stephen Franks, Tim Wikiriwhi, Matthew Hooten and Hana [...]
Tags: Hana O'Regan · MandM on Video · Marae · Matthew Hooten · Stephen Franks · Tim Wikiriwhi · Treaty of Waitangi · TV One · TVNZ