Nathan Gilmour discusses a chapter of Martha Nussbaum’s Cultivating Humanity with Michial Farmer and David Grubbs.
Tag: Stanley Hauerwas
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode 207: A Letter Concerning Toleration
Nathan Gilmour discusses John Locke’s “Letter Concerning Toleration” with Michial Farmer and David Grubbs.
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #201: The Praise of Folly
Download or stream this episode Nathan Gilmour leads David Grubbs and Michial Farmer in a discussion of Desiderius Erasmus’s mock-encomium The Praise of Folly.
Christian Humanist Profiles 57: The Work of Theology
Download or Stream this Episode To work with wood changes the formal character of the matter, shaping what once was a tree into a house here and a table there; and at the same time wood works the carpenter, giving her the callouses and habits of hand that set the maker apart from other sorts…
Book Review: After the New Atheist Debate
After the New Atheist Debate By Phil Ryan 196 pp. University of Toronto Press $22.95. Of all the books written regarding the “New Atheist” (hereafter, NA) phenomenon, this the first that I’ve seen that has attempted to analyze it from a philosophical, sociological, and ethical perspective, while simultaneously refusing to take sides in what has often been…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #163: Listener Feedback
The Christian Humanists respond to listener emails. [0:00] An announcement from David Grubbs! [5:05] Why Christian Existentialism? [9:12] Kierkegaard and Christendom [17:41] John McAdams and academic freedom [27:09] More holy fools [30:15] Episode suggestions [35:43] John Adams insults / Thomas Jefferson and the French Revolution. Also, Assassin’s Creed [39:58] The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (and Fuller…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #161: The Devil Takes Visa
Nathan Gilmour leads David Grubbs and Michial Farmer in a discussion of Rodney Clapp’s 1996 article “Why the Devil Takes Visa.”
Do Freshman Composition Students Have Minds?: A Response to Alex Genetti
Responding to our recent episode on Stanley Hauerwas’s essay “Honor in the University,” my former student Alex Genetti posed a fun question about the essay and the practice of teaching. If you haven’t listened to the episode, give it a run: among other things, it was some of the first Hauerwas that Grubbs or Farmer…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #155: Honor in the University
Nathan Gilmour leads Michial Farmer and David Grubbs in a discussion of Stanley Hauerwas’s cranky 1991 speech “Honor in the University.” Download episodes of The Christian Humanist Podcast
Christian Humanist Profiles 9: A Very Critical Introduction to Hauerwas with Nicholas Healy
If we write, our best friends might just be those who write against us. Luther and Erasmus, both formidable thinkers, derive at least part of their well-earned place in the Church’s memory because of their fierce struggle over the freedom or the bondage of the will. Friedrich Nietzsche, whose reputation in philosophical circles was in no…
Christian Humanist Profiles Episode 8: Approaching the End with Stanley Hauerwas
If the LORD had led Israel out of Egypt, Dayenu. If the LORD had wrought justice upon the Egyptians, Dayenu. If the LORD had wrought justice on their gods, Dayenu. The refrain from the Passover song reminds those celebrating that God’s generosity overflows each grand tale told of the mighty acts and the provision for…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #112: Authenticity
General Introduction – Listener feedback – The Christian Feminist Podcast Beginning with Grammar – Reflection of essential being – The trouble with the term – Self-concept and projected self – Inauthenticity and hypocrisy Heideggerian Authenticity – What makes Dasein Dasein? – Death as Dasein’s ownmost – Authenticity vs. genuineness – Inauthentic attitudes toward death –…
Revisiting the Colony: A Brief Treatment of Resident Aliens for Gus Cole-Kroll and Friends
So January started to wrap up, and I got the notification: Gus Cole-Kroll, podcast listener and Christian Humanist friend, had called on me, along with Tripp Fuller of Homebrewed Christianity and Mark Van Steenwyk (whom I don’t know but nonetheless seems like a good fellow to know), to offer some comments on Stan Hauerwas’s book…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #87: Death
General Introduction – Nathan’s snottier than usual – David goes back to bed – Listener feedback Death in the Bible – A Psalm of Moses – Daniel speaks out – Job knows that his redeemer liveth – Conscious afterlife? – Christ and Lazarus – The Bible’s lack of systematic theology Other Ancient Views – Nathan…
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #79: The Doctor Is In!
General Introduction – Welcome back! – A hot Minnesota August – Nathan’s premature semester – Looking forward to David’s J-Term – Prolegomena to Rock – Listener feedback – Can we get Nathan to rap? – Like us on Facebook Explain the Encyclopedia – A long ride on an elevator – Introduction to Contemporary Christian Theology…