Book Review: III. Theology: Christian Science

review of propositional and non-propositional revelation in christian theology

the phenomenon of revelation and its explanation is one of the most important topics in the field of divine religions. the mysterious and supernatural nature of this phenomenon has led to various approaches being proposed by religious scholars. in christian theology, there are two general approaches to explaining revelation: propositional and non-propositional. according to the first approach, ...

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Political Theology and the Theology of Politics: Carl Schmitt and Medieval Christian Political Thought1

In societies where religion plays a strong and important role, the institutions of the society reflect the religion. Yet in societies where religion plays a more secondary role to say that all political concepts are secularized theological concepts is an overstatement. While Carl Schmitt does make a persuasive argument on the role of religion in political thought, he is also mistaken. In this a...

Book Review: Another Science Is Possible

Book Review: A New Kind of Science

“Somebody says, ‘You know, you people always say that space is continuous. How do you know when you get to a small enough dimension that there really are enough points in between, that it isn’t just a lot of dots separated by little distances?’ Or they say, ‘You know those quantum mechanical amplitudes you told me about, they’re so complicated and absurd, what makes you think those are right? M...