Matt has safely arrived in Atlanta and I thinks he has forgiven me for his hotel (we did not realise just how really bad, and somewhat entertaining, the Trip Advisor reviews were until just before he left). The first day of the Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Philosophical and Theological Societies is underway. His book […]
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Matt in Atlanta
November 18th, 2015 2 Comments
Tags: Atlanta · Evangelical Philosophical Society · Evangelical Theological Society
Matt Elected to the Executive Board of the Evangelical Philosophical Society
November 15th, 2015 Comments Off on Matt Elected to the Executive Board of the Evangelical Philosophical Society
Congratulations to this blog’s Matthew Flannagan who was just elected to the executive board of the Evangelical Philosophical Society. Congratulations also to Frank Beckwith, Paul Franks who were also just elected to the board. Matt, Frank and Paul will join the existing board, who can be seen at the above link. Their first meetings are in Atlanta […]
A very belated report on my trip to San Diego
April 12th, 2015 Comments Off on A very belated report on my trip to San Diego
With trips to the US, Christmas, New Years, the summer break, Madeleine’s work, my preaching and juggling the family and the launch of my book, it has been a while since I blogged. Since the last post was about me going to the US I figured I should start by giving a very belated update on the trip […]
Tags: Evangelical Philosophical Society · Evangelical Theological Society · Society of Biblical Literature
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
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 […]
Tags: Divine Command Theory · EPS · Evangelical Philosophical Society · San Diego
Talks from Baltimore Available
February 13th, 2014 Comments Off on Talks from Baltimore Available
For those who are interested, the Evangelical Theological Society has put recordings of all the papers presented in Baltimore online for a price of $4 each. My 2 presentations are available here. The talks include the Q&A so during the second presentation Professor Swinburne from Oxford University can be heard offering critical comments on my […]
Tags: Canaanites · Evangelical Philosophical Society · Evangelical Theological Society · Richard Swinburne
Back from Baltimore
February 9th, 2014 1 Comment
The following is a belated report of my recent trip to Baltimore. I began writing the post in December, but Christmas, New Year, the holidays, and various other things got in the way of me finally completing it. On Tuesday 26 November 2013 I flew back to New Zealand having attended the annual conference of the Evangelical […]
Tags: Baltimore · EPS Apologetics Conference · Evangelical Philosophical Society · Evangelical Theological Society
Leaving on a Jet Plane
November 18th, 2013 1 Comment
At 7.15pm New Zealand time today I will depart New Zealand for Baltimore, Maryland, USA. I am going for a week where I will give 3 talks on the following topics: Feticide: “Boonin’s Defense of the Sentience Criterion: A Critique” to the Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society God and Morality: “Divine Commands and Biblical […]
Tags: Baltimore · EPS Apologetics Conference · Evangelical Philosophical Society · Evangelical Theological Society
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.
