In this episode you’ll hear the four opening speeches in a book session at the Evangelical Philosophical Society conference in San Antonio, Texas in November of 2023. The book is One God, Three Persons, Four Views, edited by Chad McIntosh, forthcoming probably deep into 2024. (See UCA podcast #77 for the back story about the book.)
The speakers are the co-authors William Hasker (his paper presented by Dr. McIntosh), Beau Branson, William Lane Craig, and Dale Tuggy. Each one is supposed to explain what is distinctive about his approach to the Trinity. Dr. Hasker presents the basics of his three-self theory, focusing on his claim that the “Persons” really are “centers of consciousness” (selves). Dr. Branson explains his “Monarchical Trinitarianism,” focusing on a number of linguistic distinctions, such as different meanings of “god.” Dr. Craig briefly explains what he claims is a minimal and biblical Trinity theory and what he claims is an unproblematic model of the doctrine of the Trinity amounts to. He also urges that I have failed to rebut his case that Jesus “is God” (i.e. not identical with God, but rather that he has divine-Person divinity, as opposed to god-divinity). Finally, I present my unitarian Christian view, focusing on five of my twenty facts which favor the thesis that the New Testament authors are unitarian over the thesis that those authors are trinitarian.
I provide an opinionated running commentary on the presentations . . . and a few sound effects.
Next time: interactions between the four panelists, and some extra information about Craig’s claim that the New Testament authors had no concept (or no clear grasp of the concept) of identity, which is how he hopes to refute any understanding of New Testament theology on which the one God and the Father are one and the same.
Links for this episode:
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podcast 28 – Interview with Dr. William Hasker about his Metaphysics and the Tripersonal God – Part 2
podcast 27 – Interview with Dr. William Hasker about his Metaphysics and the Tripersonal God – Part 1
podcast 78 – Mr. Chad McIntosh on the Trinity as a Functional Person
God as a functional Person
Kapusta, Scripturae Contra Trinitatem – The Epistle to the Hebrews: An Anthology of Quotations, Alternative Expositions, and Critical Commentaries on Common Trinitarian Proof-Texts
podcast 351 – Thoughts on my Dialogue with Craig on the Trinity and the Bible – Part 2
podcast 350 – Thoughts on my Dialogue with Craig on the Trinity and the Bible – Part 1
podcast 349 – Craig-Tuggy dialogue on trinitarian vs. unitarian theologies
Mahaparinibbana Sutta
podcast 246 – Response to Branson Part 4 – the shortcomings of “monarchical trinitarianism”
podcast 245 – Response to Branson Part 3 – Dueling Definitions
podcast 244 – Response to Branson Part 2 – Early Orthodox Trinitarians
podcast 243 – Response to Branson Part 1 – The Orthodox Doctrine of the Trinity
This week’s thinking music is “Into the J” by Admiral Bob.
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podcast 202 – Gregory of Nazianzus vs. Noah Worcester on subordinationist texts
podcast 201 – Kermit Zarley on Reformation – Part 2
podcast 200 – Kermit Zarley on Reformation – Part 1
podcast 199 – Robert Hach’s The Passion and Persuasion – Part 2
podcast 198 – Robert Hach’s The Passion and Persuasion – Part 1
podcast 197 – Noah Worcester on Atonement – Part 2
podcast 196 – Noah Worcester on Atonement – Part 1
podcast 195 – Dr. Randal Rauser on What’s So Confusing About Grace
podcast 194 – God: One Person or Three? Sanders vs. Buzzard debate
podcast 193 – Review of Sanders’s The Deep Things of God – Part 2
podcast 192 – Review of Sanders’s The Deep Things of God – Part 1
podcast 191 – Ware’s Outline of the Testimony of Scripture Against the Trinity
podcast 190 – What is the Trinity? A triad of book reviews
podcast 189 – The unfinished business of the Reformation
podcast 188 – Dr. Paul W. Newman’s Spirit Christology – Part 2
podcast 187 – Dr. Paul W. Newman’s Spirit Christology – Part 1
podcast 186 – How to tell whether Christians and Muslims worship the same God – Part 2
podcast 185 – How to tell whether Christians and Muslims worship the same God – Part 1
podcast 184 – Where did Jesus say “I am God, worship me”?
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