Series Index Principles of Christian Theology by John Macquarrie John Macquarrie’s Principles of Christian Theology does not have a conclusion in any formal sense; instead he ends the book with…

Series Index Principles of Christian Theology by John Macquarrie In retrospect, I should have anticipated that a theology that self-identifies as existentialist would be stronger in terms of the Christian…

Series Index Principles of Christian Theology by John Macquarrie Operation Spirit Having run through a theology of Christ and Christ’s work, Macquarrie turns to the Spirit in chapter 14.  Since…

Whether he intended it this way or not, MacQuarrie’s two chapters on Jesus Christ are at the physical center of Principles of Christian Theology–which is completely appropriate. Call it providence,…

Series Index John Macquarrie, Principles of Christian Theology Being(s) Created When Principles of Christian Theology turns its attention to creation, the book’s earlier distinctions between categories really start to bear…

Part One of Principles of Christian Theology dealt with philosophical theology–that is, with talk about theology in general (albeit talk done from within a particular theological tradition). Part Two will…

Series Index Principles of Christian Theology, Second Edition Macquarrie, having dealt with some of the linguistic concerns that arise when one speaks and writes about God, now turns to the…

MacQuarrie has been interested from the very beginning of Principles of Christian Theology in the ability or inability of human language to express the experiences and revelations that make up…

Series Index Principles of Christian Theology, Second Edition Now that we’ve got a descriptive account of human existence in place, we’ve got the basics of how human beings, as beings…

I bought Principles of Christian Theology in 2007, when I was working on my master’s thesis and made it my business to own as many volumes of Christian existentialist literature…

Series Index Principles of Christian Theology, Second Edition I imagine many English-reading philosophy students know John Macquarrie as the translator of Heidegger’s Being and Time.  I first came to know…

General Introduction – Where’s David Grubbs? – A change in plans – Listener feedback – Forgive our pink noise (it goes away quickly, I promise) Reading Being and Time –…