James Eglinton
@DrJamesEglinton
Senior Lecturer in Reformed Theology @uoedivinity @EdinburghUni, bylines @TheTimes, Grace in Common pod, Bavinck bio, writing a Christian history of languages
My Credo column in today’s @thetimes: God is an inconvenient truth in debate on assisted death.
If your philosophers of science tell you this, you need some better philosophers of science. Philosophy, not observation, is the starting point of scientific knowledge. So much goes before observation, starting with that individual’s metaphysical assumptions and enculturation.
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Typological hermeneutics: In 1 & 2 Kings, the stories of the kings—mostly bad, some good—end with the question, “are the rest of his deeds not recorded in the chronicles of the kings?” John’s Gospel ends with a statement: all the books in the world couldn’t contain his deeds.
Ahh!! I love it. 🔥🔥
Typological hermeneutics: In 1 & 2 Kings, the stories of the kings—mostly bad, some good—end with the question, “are the rest of his deeds not recorded in the chronicles of the kings?” John’s Gospel ends with a statement: all the books in the world couldn’t contain his deeds.
Still thinking about this 👇🏻 how at the very end of his gospel, John reveals that we have been reading the chronicle of a King.
Typological hermeneutics: In 1 & 2 Kings, the stories of the kings—mostly bad, some good—end with the question, “are the rest of his deeds not recorded in the chronicles of the kings?” John’s Gospel ends with a statement: all the books in the world couldn’t contain his deeds.
Excellent essay by Rob Joustra 👇🏻
'It takes courage to learn about where we are, and to learn to discern what is good and right and true and beautiful and what is wrong and hateful and destructive. Courage is the absent virtue in the mob.' comment.org/punching-blind/
PSA: Good deal on Personality and Worldview (JH Bavinck) at Heritage Books. This is a steal for $9. heritagebooks.org/products/perso…
Bede and the Theory of Everything by Michelle P. Brown - what a terrific book.
Got to read an earlier draft of this - with the archetype/ectype model you get contextualization without sacrificing truth’s objectivity.
🚨Open access article🚨 coming soon in the Journal of Chinese Theology (@Brill_Religious): on the archetype/ectype distinction and its role in understanding all Reformed theology as contextual.
🚨Open access article🚨 coming soon in the Journal of Chinese Theology (@Brill_Religious): on the archetype/ectype distinction and its role in understanding all Reformed theology as contextual.
Important reminder from @GraySutanto. These days I often hear people describe the substance of general revelation but under the label ‘natural theology’. Those terms are closely related but not synonymous - knowing how they are different is essential to using them well.
Mind the gap between general revelation and natural theology. GR refers to God's activity: using the instrument of creation (the world and human consciousness), he implants the sensus divinitatis in everyone; natural theology, however, is an activity of human reason, not God. 1/2
Isaac Whitney - @RTSWashington ‘s Advanced Studies alum, and now PhD candidate at @uoedivinity - has his article on Bavinck and Reformed orthodoxy on the Image of God and the Body in this newest issue of SJT.
New Issue of Scottish Journal of Theology now available 📚 cup.org/4lfqWJI #Theology #ReligiousStudies
It’ll be interesting to see the reactions of MPs who voted for AS while also saying they want improved access to palliative care and will fight for that too…
But….. 👉 with only 1 reference to palliative care 👉 only 3 mentions of hospices and 👉 no commitment to universal access to high quality palliative and end of life care ❌ we shouldn’t even think about legalising Assisted Suicide ❌ it wouldn’t be a real choice for anyone
Indeed. Ignoring disabled organisations and voices to vote for AS, and then claiming to be on the side of the disabled, does not work.
So why did you vote for the #PhysicianAssistedSuicide bill which puts disabled people at greater risk. Why did you not show the same passion during the @kimleadbeater debate where you betrayed disabled people and organisations who were clear they did not support the bill?
Graças à Chancelaria da @mackenzie1870, as palestras e os painéis da conferência acadêmica internacional 'Um Evangelho Público: Evangélicos, Neocalvinistas e a Sociedade' foram gravados. Assista aqui: neocalvinism.org/a-public-gospe… @matthewkaemingk @DrJamesEglinton @georgeharinck
In May, a group of scholars and students from around the world gathered in Sao Paulo, Brazil to explore the relationship between Evangelicalism and Neo-Calvinism. You can watch lectures and discussions on our site: neocalvinism.org/a-public-gospe…. Photos are also available.
This week the Grace in Common team will start recording episodes on Herman Bavinck’s Philosophy of Revelation, Two episodes per chapter. Pick up a copy and start with us. Episodes releasing in a month. @DrJamesEglinton @GraySutanto amzn.eu/d/i8ugapN
Patron: the picture will show the earth from space, highlighting the connection between the United Kingdom and Malaysia, which will be joined by a line of dashes. Artist: joined by a… *line of dashes*? Patron: you know how to do that, right? Artist: ye-yeah. Totally.
As it seems we're back in the (surely now a bit tired?) conversation on whether politicians of faith should keep that faith "private" (or even be forced to declare it in public), here's a piece I wrote in @thetimes back in 2023 when the conversation arose around @_KateForbes. 👇
“I am not my own” v “My body, my choice” and thus “my choice to kill myself”
My Credo column in today’s @thetimes: God is an inconvenient truth in debate on assisted death.
Great piece by @DrJamesEglinton on the assisted suicide debate - “In Christian theology, you cannot be owned by the state, by another human being or even by yourself. You are a person, it a piece of property.”