Dr. Heinrich Emil Brunner (1889-1966), a Swiss Reformed theologian, published his Gifford Lectures in Christianity and Civilisation (Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, NY, 1948 & 1949). Chapter IX in Brunner’s first lecture series (The Foundations) is titled: The Problem of Freedom. Citizens of …
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Dr. Heinrich Emil Brunner (1889-1966), a Swiss Reformed theologian, published his Gifford Lectures in Christianity and Civilisation (Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, NY, 1948 & 1949). Chapter VIII in Brunner’s first lecture series (The Foundations) is titled: The Problem of Justice. On May …
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Dr. Heinrich Emil Brunner (1889-1966), a Swiss Reformed theologian, published his Gifford Lectures in Christianity and Civilisation (Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, NY, 1948 & 1949). Chapter VII in Brunner’s first lecture series (The Foundations) is titled: Personality and Humanity. The year …
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Dr. Heinrich Emil Brunner (1889-1966), a Swiss Reformed theologian, published his Gifford Lectures in Christianity and Civilisation (Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, NY, 1948 & 1949). Chapter VI in Brunner’s first lecture series (The Foundations) is titled: Man in the Universe. Most people …
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Dr. Heinrich Emil Brunner (1889-1966), a Swiss Reformed theologian, published his Gifford Lectures in Christianity and Civilisation (Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, NY, 1948 & 1949). Chapter V in Brunner’s first lecture series (The Foundations) is titled: The Problem of Meaning. “If we ask …
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Dr. Heinrich Emil Brunner (1889-1966), a Swiss Reformed theologian, published his Gifford Lectures in Christianity and Civilisation (Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, NY, 1948 & 1949). Chapter IV in Brunner’s first lecture series (The Foundations) is titled: The Problem of Time. Life in our …
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Dr. Heinrich Emil Brunner (1889-1966), a Swiss Reformed theologian, published his Gifford Lectures in Christianity and Civilisation (Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, NY, 1948 & 1949). Chapter III in Brunner’s first lecture series (The Foundations) is titled: The Problem of Truth. In my last …
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Dr. Heinrich Emil Brunner (1889-1966), a Swiss Reformed theologian who advocated neo-orthodoxy theology, published his Gifford Lectures in Christianity and Civilisation (Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, NY, 1948 &1949). Chapter II in Brunner’s first lecture series (The Foundations) is titled: …
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The Gifford Lectures were established in 1887 through the will of Lord Adam Gifford for the purpose of promoting natural theology. The lectures are given at several Scottish universities and are a high honor for the recipients. Of the over 170 Gifford lecturers, many are renown theologians and …
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In my previous blog on Weber’s critics, I wrote about Ernst Troeltsch’s support for and Hector Monteith Robertson’s critique of Weber’s Protestant Ethic thesis. These responses were written within a few decades after Weber’s 1904–6 Protestant Ethic publications. Robert M. Mitchell published a much …
