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Win Corduan compares Christ and Krishna
Dr. Win Corduan responds to this site (which probably appears to many as a credible source). I’ve enjoyed a couple of Dr. Corduan’s books, in particular this one. Corduan continues: part 2, part 3,...
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podcast 95 – Dr. Winfried Corduan: Are all religions the same?
Dr. Winfried Corduan is emeritus Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Taylor University, and has been a blogger since before it was cool. I have learned from several of his books as I’ve developed...
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podcast 101 – Dr. Brian Leftow: from Jerusalem to Athens
(photo by Keiko Ikeuchi) Since 2002, Dr. Brian Leftow has been the Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion at Oriel College, Oxford University. He taught for many years at Fordham...
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Triads and Trinity: a mini-review
In 2007 I read Triads and Trinity, by the late Classicist and Egyptologist John Gwyn Griffiths, a book which tries to trace outside influences on the development of the Christian doctrine of the...
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new article surveying Theories of Religious Diversity
By me, here at the excellent Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (printable version). A taste of it: …pluralistic approaches to religious diversity say that, within bounds, one religion is as good as...
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God, Allah, and mistaken identifications
I can see how some of my fellow Christians would push back against my last post on the subject of “Do Christians and Muslims worship the same god?” In this post, I take a stab and stating and...
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“same god” controversy round-up
A number of Christian academic bloggers have weighed in on the Wheaton controversy about Dr. Larycia Hawkins, specifically her statement that Christians and Muslims worship the same god. If you haven’t...
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podcast 120 – Do Christians and Muslims worship the same god? Part 1
In this episode I’m joined by Dr. William Vallicella, aka “The Maverick Philosopher” to discuss the recent controversy in the American evangelical world about whether Christians and Muslims “worship...
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the “same god” controversy and Christian commitment – Part 2
Do Christians and Muslims worship the same god? Many are inclined to think that trinitarian Christian and Islamic theologies are just too different for the two groups to even be referring to the same...
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some thoughts on the Hawkins-Jones discussion
I think that Dr. Larycia Hawkins did the right thing in making public her theological discussion with her boss at Wheaton College. Here are some brief thoughts on reading it. After affirming that she...
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another Doc Hawk / “one god” Wheaton controversy round-up
Awhile back I provided links to some good, thought provoking commentary by Christian philosophers. Now, some other excellent pieces I’ve read, by philosophers and not. I think Christian philosopher Dr....
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podcast 121 – Do Christians and Muslims worship the same god? Part 2
In this second part of my discussion with Dr. William Vallicella, I give an argument that when Muslims use the word “Allah” they are referring to the same being Christians refer to when they say “God,”...
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podcast 122 – 7 Christians on 4 questions in the “same god” controversy
I say that we should distinguish between four questions which have arisen in this “same god” controversy. Is naive pluralism true – the thesis that there are no important differences between...
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podcast 123 – your official god vs. your actual god
What if the official god of your theology isn’t the one who actually gets his way in your life? In this episode I interact with some commentary on the Wheaton “one god” controversy by philosophers Dr....
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Exegetical neutrality
I am making slow (but sure) progress on The Same God? Reference and Identity in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Scriptures. My background is in the philosophy of language, and particularly the theory of...
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podcast 149 – Dr. Larry Hurtado’s Destroyer of the gods – Part 1
Why did Roman rulers and polemicists find early Christianity so alarming, rather than just another religion, like those of Rome’s many conquered peoples? In his new book Destroyer of the gods: Early...
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podcast 150 – Dr. Larry Hurtado’s Destroyer of the gods – Part 2
In this second part of my conversation with Dr. Larry Hurtado about his book Destroyer of the gods: Early Christian Distinctiveness in the Roman World, we discuss the distinctive “bookishness” of early...
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podcast 151 – Dr. Michael Rota on Pascal’s Wager
What if you believe in Christianity, and it’s false? Have you lost much, really? On the other hand, if you believe it and it’s true – eternal life! What if you don’t believe it, and it’s true? No...
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“On Counting Gods” published in TheoLogica
My paper “On Counting Gods” has just been published by the new five-language philosophy of religion / philosophical theology / analytic theology journal TheoLogica. I would especially like to thank...
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podcast 164 – On Counting Gods
The terms “atheism,” “monotheism,” and “polytheism” seem straightforward enough, but in fact there is unclarity in how a lot of scholars think and write about these, due to the ambiguity of the term...
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Venus was her name
The Maverick philosopher has a comment on my earlier question about the necessity of identity. Can we get from ‘a=b’ to ‘necessarily a=b’ in a simple step? He thinks we can. Now if ‘H’ and ‘P’...
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Keith Ward Trinity symposium in Philosophia Christi
Just got this in the mail; a very thorough symposium on Dr. Keith Ward’s Christ and the Cosmos, including yours truly. Here’s the table of contents, showing the contributors. Me aside, let me say that...
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podcast 185 – How to tell whether Christians and Muslims worship the same God...
Dr. Tomas Bogardus and his student Mallorie Urban have a paper forthcoming in Faith and Philosophy entitled “How to Tell Whether Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God.” In this episode I discuss...
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take an online class with Dale this summer
This summer, June 26-July 28, I’m teaching two online courses: Phil 115 Introduction to Philosophy. If you’re a SUNY student, this course should count as Humanities in your general education...
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podcast 186 – How to tell whether Christians and Muslims worship the same God...
What if the recipe for answering this question supplied by Dr. Bogardus and Ms. Urban last time is correct? Applying their method, what answer to we arrive at? In this episode Dr. Bogardus, Ms. Urban,...
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podcast 187 – Dr. Paul W. Newman’s Spirit Christology – Part 1
Canadian theologian Dr. Paul W. Newman views God’s spirit as active at all times and places, even outside the realms of Judaism and Christianity. Studying the Bible in conversation with many recent...
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Origen, Paul, and Peter: Christians worship the Jews’ god
[The pagan critic Celsus writes:] Let no one imagine I do not know that some of them will agree that they have the same God as the Jews, while some [i.e. Marcionites] think there is another God and to...
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