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Notes on Matt Johnson’s take on Herder

Posted on May 5, 2016 by J. B. Aitken

This is a highlight of Matthew Raphael Johnson’s “Some Thoughts on Johann Herder and Modernism” (originally available at http://www.rusjournal.com/herder.html; accessed 19 February 2009.  That website is now defunct and Johnson is slowly moving his material to the new and highly-recommended … Continue reading →

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Frame: Theology in the Enlightenment

Posted on December 28, 2015 by J. B. Aitken

In this chapter Frame refocuses his argument and explains why he spends more time on modern, rather than ancient thought. A biblical metaphysic dictates an epistemology and ethic in which divine “revelation is the supreme authority” (Frame 214).  The problem … Continue reading →

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