Atheism, Ghosts, Election, Rationality, Salvation

Is God a Delusion? Atheism and the Meaning of Life is a lecture given, October 22, by Alister McGrath in response to Richard Dawkins’ book The God Delusion.

Five Greatest Stories was the theme for the 2006 Breakfast with Biblical Seminary faculty. The audio for these lectures is available here.

Listen to an interview with (host) Todd Wilken and (guest) Ron Rhodes as they discuss “Ghosts, Mediums & Psychic Phenomena.” Part 1 (starts 28:10) and Part 2. Rhodes has authored a new book titled The Truth Behind Ghosts, Mediums, & Psychic Phenomena (Harvest House, September 2006).

Dustin Seger’s writes Can Atheistic Materialism Provide An Objective and Universal Moral Code? (posted 11/4/06).

David Alan Black responds to “Scot McKnight on the Emerging Church” (posted 11/3/06).

Robert Bradshaw posts online Gordon Fee’s Philippians 2:5-11: Hymn or Exalted Pauline Prose? which originally appeared in the Bulletin for Biblical Research 2 (1992).

Theology and Slavery Charles Hodge and Horace Bushnell. David Torbett (Mercer University Press, October 2006; ISBN#: 9780-8814-6032-2).

The Bishop of the Old South The Ministry and Civil War Legacy of Leonidas Polk. Glenn Robins (Mercer University Press, October 2006; ISBN#: 9780-8814-6038-4).

From Pentecost to Patmos: An Introduction to Acts through Revelation. Craig L. Blomberg (Broadman & Holman, October 2006; ISBN#: 0-8054-3248-5).

Perspectives on Election. Ed. Chad Owen Brand (Broadman & Holman, November 2006; ISBN#: 0-8054-2729-5).

Catchwords, Cohesion, And Coherence In Mark 9:33-50, Phillip W. Dennis (M.A.), Covenant Theological Seminary, 2006.

‘Taught By God’ John’s Use Of Jeremiah 31:31-34 In 1 John 2:27, John M. Gaede (Th.M.), Dallas Theological Seminary, 2006.

‘They Cried Out To The Lord’ The Significance of ZUQ In The Editorial Framework Of Judges, Joel A. Francis (Th.M.), Dallas Theological Seminary, 2006.

A Canonical Reading Of Malachi, John E. Schimmel (S.T.M.), Dallas Theological Seminary, 2006.

Adoption In Paul: Already And Not Yet, Roy M. Yabuki (Th.M.), Dallas Theological Seminary, 2006.

An Analysis Of The Septuagint Text Of Habakkuk, John M. Pulliam (Th.M.), Dallas Theological Seminary, 2006.

An Evangelical Analysis Of Jin-Hong Kim’s Mokmin Theology, JungMock Lee (S.T.M.), Dallas Theological Seminary, 2006.

Journal of Religious History, Vol. 30, No. 3 (October 2006)
“On Becoming Pope in Late Antiquity”, John Moorehead.
“Mandala of the Self: Embodiment, Practice, and Identity Construction in the Cakrasamvara Tradition”, David B. Gray.
“‘Appear as Crucified for Me’: Sight, Suffering, and Spiritual Transformation in the Hymns of Charles Wesley”, Joanna Cruickshank.
“The Savage Science: Sigmund Freud, Psychoanalysis, and the History of Religion”, Michael Mack.
“Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Repudiation of Protestant German War Theology”, John A. Moses.

Dialog: A Journal of Theology, Vol. 45, Is. 3 (Fall 2006)
“Salvation: Its Forms and Dynamics in the New Testament”, Arland J. Hultgren.
“Six Ways of Salvation: How Does Jesus Save?”, Ted Peters.
“The Way of Salvation in Luther’s Theology: A Feminist Evaluation”, Marit Trelstad.
“Tillich on Salvation”, Sharon Peebles Burch.
“Luther and Shankara: Two Ways of Salvation in the Indian Context”, Moses P.P. Penumaka.
“Liberation, Salvation, Enlightenment: An Exercise in Comparative Soteriology”, Kristin Johnston Largen.
“Salvation and Suicide: What Does Islamic Theology Say”, Munawar A. Anees.
“My Life Journey”, Rosemary Radford Ruether.
“Experiences of the Risen Jesus: The Foundational Historical Issue in the Early Proclamation of the Resurrection”, Gary R. Habermas.
“Hitler’s Germany and America’s Politics”, L. Edward Knudson.

Argumentation: An International Journal on Reasoning, Vol. 20, No. 2 (October 2006)
“The Logic of Critique”, Hengameh Irandoust.
“‘You’re Being Unreasonable’: Prior and Passing Theories of Critical Discussion”, John E. Richardson and Albert Atkin.
“The Role of Advocacy in Civil Society”, J. P. Zompetti.
“Rationality, Reason and the History of Thought”, M. Lane Bruner.
“A Functional Analysis of 2004 Ukrainian Presidential Debates”, L. Benoit and Andrew A. Klyukovski.
“Monotonicity and Reasoning with Exceptions”, Frank Zenker.
“Yet Another Run around the Circle”, J. Ritola.
‘Non-monotonicity and Informal Reasoning: Comment on Ferguson (2003)”, Mike Oaksford and Ulrike Hahn.