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(Part 2) Martin Heidegger’s “Contributions to Philosophy (Of the Event)”

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PREVIOUSLY: (Part 1) Martin Heidegger’s “Contributions to Philosophy (Of the Event)” As we continue with Heidegger’s Contributions book, we note it is not a linear development of an argument. Heidegger never intended it for publication. What I’m trying to show is his philosophy is not superstitious even though it uses theological language strategically. The later … (Part 2) Martin Heidegger’s “Contributions to Philosophy (Of the Event)”

Review-  The Letters of Paul in their Roman Literary Context: Reassessing Apostolic Authorship by Nina E. Livesey

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SCORE 5/5 My thanks to Cambridge for providing me with a review copy of this book. PREAMBLE: LETTER TO PROFESSOR VINZENT Hi Prof Vinzent, My name is John MacDonald and I am president of the Secular Web. I recently posted a review of Prof Nina Livesey’s new book on the thesis of a fictional Paul and pseudonymous … Review-  The Letters of Paul in their Roman Literary Context: Reassessing Apostolic Authorship by Nina E. Livesey

Critical Evaluation of William Craig’s 21st-Century Case against the Swoon Theory – Part 1

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CRAIG’S 20TH-CENTURY CASE AGAINST THE SWOON THEORY In the 20th Century, the Christian apologist William Craig made a case against the Swoon Theory (which he refers to as the “Apparent Death Theory”) in these books: This case consisted of three objections: Craig’s Objection #2, the Sickly Jesus Objection, is the same as Objection #5 against … Critical Evaluation of William Craig’s 21st-Century Case against the Swoon Theory – Part 1

(Part 1) Martin Heidegger’s “Contributions to Philosophy (Of the Event)”

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Martin Heidegger’s Contributions to Philosophy reflects his famous philosophical “turning.” In this work, Heidegger returns to the question of being from its inception in Being and Time to a new questioning of being as event. Heidegger opens up the essential dimensions of his thinking on the historicality of being that underlies all of his later … (Part 1) Martin Heidegger’s “Contributions to Philosophy (Of the Event)”

A Case Against the Swoon Theory in the McDowells’ Evidence For the Resurrection

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THE CASE AGAINST THE SWOON THEORY IN THE RESURRECTION FACTOR In Chapter 6 of The Resurrection Factor (hereafter: TRF), published in 1981, Josh McDowell makes a case against the Swoon Theory, a case that draws on historical claims made in Chapter 3 of TRF. McDowell’s case against the Swoon Theory in TRF can be understood … A Case Against the Swoon Theory in the McDowells’ Evidence For the Resurrection

Reclaiming Heidegger’s Holderlin for our Secular Age: An Interpretation of Heidegger’s Elucidations of Holderlin’s Poetry

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“We ask: How long then?  So long that it even reaches beyond our present, godless age (Heidegger, Elucidations of Holderlin’s Poetry, 211)” We are looking at a poet from the lens of our secular age, Heidegger’s and Hölderlin’s theological language conveying a message that is also available to a secular reader.  Hölderlin says “Gods who … Reclaiming Heidegger’s Holderlin for our Secular Age: An Interpretation of Heidegger’s Elucidations of Holderlin’s Poetry

What is Religious Life?

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Today on “X (Twitter)’ Kant Specialist Prof Anita Leirfall posted about the nature of being religious and here is my response: Jesus is speaking here of how his teaching is an innovation of the Judaism of his time: 43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ … What is Religious Life?