This blog’s Matthew Flannagan has had his paper “Mackie’s Answer to the Error Theory: A Reply to Joyce″ accepted for the National Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Philosophical Society (“EPS”) in San Diego, USA, from 19-21 November 2014. The abstract for Matt’s paper is as follows: Abstract Richard Joyce has argued that the “real problem” with divine command theories of ethics […]
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Matt to speak at the 2014 Evangelical Philosophical Society in San Deigo
October 2nd, 2014 Comments Off on Matt to speak at the 2014 Evangelical Philosophical Society in San Deigo
Tags: Divine Command Theory · EPS · Evangelical Philosophical Society · San Diego
Matt to speak at the 2013 Evangelical Philosophical Society in Baltimore on Divine Commands re Abraham and Isaac
September 20th, 2013 9 Comments
This blog’s Matthew Flannagan has had his paper “Divine Commands and Biblical Authority: The Problem of Gen 22” accepted for the National Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Philosophical Society (“EPS”). The abstract for Matt’s paper is as follows: “One perennial objection to divine command meta-ethics is the possibility that God might command something abhorrent. Divine command theorists have responded that […]
Tags: Abraham and Isaac · Baltimore · Divine Command Theory · EPS · Evangelical Philosophical Society · Genesis 22 · Richard Swinburne
The Nominations for Evangelical Philosophical Society Executive are in…
November 3rd, 2011 9 Comments
Voting for the 2011 Executive Committee of the Evangelical Philosophical Society (EPS) has begun today. I am pleased to announce that this blog’s Matthew Flannagan has been nominated as one of the seven candidates for the three vacant executive committee positions. Matt is the only New Zealander to have been nominated – so proud of […]
Tags: EPS · Evangelical Philosophical Society
We’re Going to San Francisco!
May 10th, 2011 15 Comments
Last year I was invited to present at the Annual Evangelical Philosophical Society Apologetics Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. This was a real surprise to me and an honour. Some of the best evangelical Christian scholars in the world presented at this conference; speakers included Alvin Plantinga, William Lane Craig, Paul Copan, Gary Habermas, Mike Licona, […]
Tags: Apologetics · EPS · Evangelical Philosophical Society · San Francisco · SBL · Society of Biblical Literature
Slides for “God and the Genocide of the Canaanites”
November 21st, 2010 23 Comments
I’m getting a few requests for the PowerPoint slides Matt used for his talk on “God and the Genocide of the Canaanites”, which he gave this morning at the Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Philosophical Society (EPS) in Atlanta, Georgia, 2010. So here they are: Click on the image to download them or click here: […]
Tags: Atlanta · Canaanites · EPS · Genocide
In Atlanta
November 18th, 2010 24 Comments
I have a few snaps of Matt in Atlanta, this first one had our kids excited when they saw it [which should tell you everything you need to know about just how much Matt is a fan of Dr Alvin Plantinga – LOL!] Fellow kiwi Rodney Lake of Thinking Matters Tauranga, also in Atlanta attending the conferences, took […]
Tags: Alvin Plantinga · Atlanta · Craig Hazen · EPS · Francis Beckwith · Georgia · JP Moreland · Mary-Jo Sharp · Mike Licona · Paul Copan · Rodney Lake · SBL · William Lane Craig
A common objection to belief in the God of the Bible is that a good, kind, and loving deity would never command the wholesale slaughter of nations. In the tradition of his popular Is God a Moral Monster?, Paul Copan teams up with Matthew Flannagan to tackle some of the most confusing and uncomfortable passages of Scripture. Together they help the Christian and nonbeliever alike understand the biblical, theological, philosophical, and ethical implications of Old Testament warfare passages.
