A History of Christian Theology

In this week's episode, we discuss the late 2nd, early 3rd century theologian, Tertullian of Carthage. We look at what he calls the "absurd" position that God became man. We also note the uniqueness of his position amongst theologians of his period. Thanks for listening.

This is our live broadcast from The District Coffeehouse in Boise, ID. Sorry that the audio is a bit quiet, but I think it should still be listenable. We do a discussion of Against Praxeas for 45 minutes and then a Q/A for 45 minutes. Thanks for listening.

Here is a rundown of what we discuss in today's episode. Tertullian De Spectaculis 3 - 11 (minutes) - Montanist Background of Tertullian 11 - 24: arguments against going to “shows” - pagan origin 20 24 - 33: passions as the problem with going to the shows 33 - 40: I spliced together two recordings because of poor audio quality. 40 - End: Discussion of movies - American Sniper and what Tertullian would say about it

We have finally finished with Clement of Alexandria and our moving across the Mediterranean to Carthage in North Africa. We have a special guest, Caleb Friz on this week to assess Tertullian's defense of the Christian faith. Our topics will range from what religion looked like in the pagan world, to how Tertullian sounds like a contemporary atheist, to whether or not he is a trustworthy source and finally discuss his attempts at form of Pascal's wager. I hope you enjoy this podcast. Check out our page at http://www.Facebook.com/AHistoryofChristianTheology

Its just Tom and Chad for this shorter episode on the last two Stromata for our study. Here is a quick break down of themes and times if you would like to skip ahead: 2 minutes - Preparation for the Gospel in diverse cultures 9 minutes - Notion of Justice in Clement's writings 16 minutes - The Concept of Social Justice in popular speech and mercy 23 minutes - Habits of Virtue 32 minutes - John Wesley and Clement of Alexandria on Perfection

In this episode, we cover topics ranging from the problem of evil and divine foreknowledge (at about minute 17) to Clement's view of women (about minute 27) and finish with a discussion of perfection and heaven (at about minute 48). Sorry this is late in coming.

Greetings listeners. In this special issue podcast, Tom, Trevor, and Chad talk with Caleb Friz about the Syrian refugee crisis and Chad Kim's piece on Conciliar Post: http://www.conciliarpost.com/politics-current-affairs/citizenship-in-heaven/ Please check back with us on Tuesday when we will return to Clement of Alexandria's Stromata.

We are happy to welcome Benjamin Brandon to this week's episode. We will discuss the Christian Platonist, Clement of Alexandria and his Stromata (or miscellanies). Please visit our website at http://www.ahistoryofchristiantheology.com where we have a map of the philosophical schools of Athens and other great content.

Sorry about the shortness of this episode. We will be back with a full length episode next week.

With Tom back on the show, we turn to Clement of Alexandria, one of the greatest thinkers of the Christian tradition, but largely neglected due to the complexity of his thought. We will look at the relationship between humans and the divine in both pagan and Christian thought.