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By Richard Birdsall, on February 1st, 2012
ShareThe Dead Philosophers Society is pleased to announce its 8th annual Online Conference. The theme of this year’s conference is The Church and the Common Good. The theme for conference papers this year has in mind the link Acts 2:44 makes between the individual and the community in which we all live: “And all who [...]
By Kinga Lipinska, on March 22nd, 2011
Share Heidegger, Space, and Prospects for Theology Philosophy and theology have always enjoyed a close and intimate relationship. The Fathers of the Church called upon Platonic philosophy to help explain the things of God. In the middle ages, scholastic theology was well served by appealing to Aristotelian philosophy. However, philosophy has not always enriched [...]
By Kinga Lipinska, on March 22nd, 2011
ShareMembers and Friends of the Dead Philosophers Society, I am interested in cultivating dialogue between philosophy and theology, and this opportunity has allowed me to test the waters through examining Immanuel Kant. While this piece is mainly informative, it seeks to aid the reader in reconsidering the interpretive tradition. Human finitude finds a decisive formulation [...]
By Kinga Lipinska, on March 22nd, 2011
ShareSteve Schultz is a master’s degree student in theology at Holy Apostles College and Seminary. He holds a BA in mathematics from the University of Portland and a MA in military history from the American Military University. Steve is a writer and researcher living in Southwest Florida. Faith and Reason: Two Wings of the Human [...]
By Kinga Lipinska, on March 22nd, 2011
ShareKinga Lipinska, MA candidate in Dogmatic Theology lives in Chicago. She hopes to finish her Master’s in 2011 and pursue further studies in Sacred Theology and Philosophy with focus on theological method and Christian philosophy starting in 2012. Theology and Its Way of Knowing Philosophy is always in search of meaning and theology has already found it. [...]
By Kinga Lipinska, on March 22nd, 2011
ShareDr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, is Associate Professor of Intercultural Studies at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in St. Louis, MO. He graduated with an MA in Moral Philosophy from Holy Apostles in January, 2009, and is currently working toward an MA in Moral Theology from Holy Apostles. A Lay Dominican, Sebastian lives in St. Louis with his wife, [...]
By Kinga Lipinska, on March 19th, 2011
ShareWelcome Members and Friends! Conference time is upon us! In the coming days, we will publish all submitted essays on our website and you are all invited to visit and post comments. The Conference is open to all members and you do not have to submit an essay to participate. This year we are pleased [...]
By Kinga Lipinska, on March 20th, 2010
ShareAuthor: David Kustra The human person figures prominently for both the utilitarian and for Pope John Paul II, but for different reasons. The utilitarian values a person insofar as the other person is a means to his own pleasure and delight, whereas Pope John Paul insists that we value the human person because man is [...]
By Kinga Lipinska, on March 20th, 2010
ShareAuthor: Sebastian Mahfood It would seem that metaphysics would have to be either an ontology or a theology, but that it could not be both. An ontology is that which has everything as its subject matter, which properly studies being as being. A theology, on the other hand, is that which has God as its [...]
By Kinga Lipinska, on March 20th, 2010
ShareAuthor: David Kustra Perhaps the first question the first man had asked was, “What is man?” This has been pondered time and again, and various solutions have been profferred. In the following, I would like to briefly outline three ways in which philosophers have approached this question. Triadic psychology (trichotomism) asserts that the human person [...]
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