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It’s intended as ultimate purpose: salvation means eternal life with God. For believers, what actually happens, what kind of life? For non-believers, what can we learn...

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Salvation – A Philosophical Inquiry

Episode 13

Season 19

26:48

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Can atonement absolve sin? For believers, how could The Atonement work? What’s the process? For non-believers, what does The Atonement say about the kind of God that...

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Atonement – A Philosophical Inquiry

Episode 12

Season 19

26:48

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It’s a staggering idea: God became flesh. Why would the Creator become human? For believers, how could Divine and Human natures interact? For non-believers, how do beliefs...

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The Incarnation – A Philosophical Inquiry

Episode 11

Season 19

26:48

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It seems the ultimate riddle: How could One God be Three Persons? How could One be Three? Or Three be One? And why three? Non-believers and believers can both enjoy the logic...

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The Trinity – A Philosophical Inquiry

Episode 10

Season 19

26:48

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Why the astonishing claim that Jesus is God? Not like God. Not representing God. But literally God? One need not be a Christian, or even a theist, to appreciate the...

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Jesus as God – A Philosophical Inquiry

Episode 09

Season 19

26:48

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Is analytic theology for the better, clarifying beliefs? Or for the worse, undermining faith? How does it compare with philosophy of religion, biblical studies and exegesis,...

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Challenges of Analytic Theology

Episode 13

Season 18

26:47

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Can the analytic enrich the theological, sharpening distinctions of doctrine? Can deep questions about God be addressed with methods and practices that are precise and...

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What is Analytic Theology?

Episode 08

Season 18

26:47

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Topic Series

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Theology is the study of God and religious doctrines. While few people are convinced to become believers by studying theology, many have come to appreciate the issues,...

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Why Study Theology?

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7 videos

51:12

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What happens when deep questions of God are addressed by the precise methods of analytic philosophy? It’s not about “proving” the existence of God. It is about...

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Analytic Theology

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8 videos

1:10:30

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How to comprehend religious doctrines, specifically Christian doctrines? Systematic theology seeks to organize, categorize, describe, explain, analyze and compare the...

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Systematic Theology

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5 videos

43:40

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Is Jesus God? Obviously, religions differ. But what about within the Christian religion? Is there a unified view of Jesus? Jesus before his human birth? Jesus during his...

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Jesus as God

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10 videos

1:32:31

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The claim that Jesus was a pre-existing spiritual being who assumed human flesh is the central tenet of Christianity. What exactly would this mean? Could Jesus really be...

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What is the Christian Incarnation?

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40:38

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The Christian incarnation is the central event of the Christian religion. Some Christian theologians go further and claim the incarnation to be the central event in the...

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Is God Incarnate in All That Is?

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42:15

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Christology is the theology of Jesus—the person, life, nature, essence and meaning of the Godhead Being who was incarnated in the human person Jesus. Some Christian...

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Christology and Science?

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33:05

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That God became human is the core of the Christian religion. What is the deep meaning of the incarnation? What are the prime elements that compose the incarnation? Can...

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Why the Christian Incarnation?

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5 videos

45:47

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‘Sin’ is a term loaded with baggage. Different groups, mainly religious, use ‘sin’ to describe violations of the given order. Perpetrators of sin...

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Why is Sin?

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1:16:43

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The Christian claim is that salvation is the ultimate goal of human life. But what literally is salvation and how does one obtain it? How to comprehend each element of the...

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How Does Salvation Work?

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45:16

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Christians are accustomed to hearing that “Jesus died for our sins”. But what would that mean literally? How would atonement work? What would be happening? Is there a...

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How Does Atonement Work?

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4 videos

34:40

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In the New Testament, Paul is axial, the formulator of uniquely Christian doctrines. But why is Paul controversial? One critical question is Paul’s teachings relative to...

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New Perspectives on Paul

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16:44

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What happens when traditional theological doctrines clash with clear discoveries of science? For example, original sin in the Garden of Eden vs the evidence of evolution. How...

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Challenging Theological Doctrines

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6 videos

56:20

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Paul Allen

Professor of Theological Studies, Concordia University

J. Matthew Ashley

Associate Professor of Systematic Theology, Notre Dame

John Behr

Eastern Orthodox priest and theologian; Regius Professor of Humanity, University of Aberdeen

Louis Caruana

Professor of Philosophy and former Dean, Gregorian University, Rome

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Philosophy and Analytic Theology

Episodes

Salvation – A Philosophical Inquiry

Atonement – A Philosophical Inquiry

The Incarnation – A Philosophical Inquiry

Topic Series

Why Study Theology?

Analytic Theology

Systematic Theology

Contributors

Paul Allen

J. Matthew Ashley

John Behr

Louis Caruana