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Notes on Matt Johnson’s take on Herder

Posted on May 5, 2016 by

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

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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