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Entries from February 16th, 2019

FETICIDE IN CHRISTIAN MORAL THOUGHT Part two : Feticide in Patristic Thought

February 16th, 2019 Comments Off on FETICIDE IN CHRISTIAN MORAL THOUGHT Part two : Feticide in Patristic Thought

I teach NCEA Religious Studies, at level three, one standard is to “Analyse the response of a religious tradition to a contemporary ethical issue”. Officially students have to describe the response a religious tradition has made to a moral issue. Our school like a lot of schools looks at Christian responses to abortion. Because I […]

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The Naturalness of Belief: New Essays in Theism’s Rationality.

February 10th, 2019 Comments Off on The Naturalness of Belief: New Essays in Theism’s Rationality.

The book The Naturalness of Belief: New Essays on Theism’s Rationality recently arrived from the publishers and is available on Amazon. Matt contributed a chapter to this book entitled “Divine Commands and the Euthyphro Dilemma: Some Naturalistic Misperceptions” The Naturalness of Belief is edited by Paul Copan (Palm Beach Atlantic) and Charles Taliaferro (St Olaf […]

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FETICIDE IN CHRISTIAN MORAL THOUGHT PART ONE: Alexandrian Judaism

February 8th, 2019 1 Comment

Some readers of MandM will know that for the last three years I have taught Theology and Philosophy at a Catholic high-school. I teach five to six classes a day, year 9 to year 13 subjects such introduction to scripture, church history, NCEA religious studies, Cambridge world religions and Divinity. My goal has always been […]

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