Joshua Farris – What is a Person?

What is a person? Where did the idea of personhood come from?

Brent talks with Joshua Farris about his recent articles on personhood on De Gruyter.   

• (0:50) Where did the idea of a person come from?
• (4:15) Boethius and personhood;
• (7:15) The Reformation and personhood. Calvin;
• (11:05) Modern Europe and the States;
• (13:45) Descartes and the person;
• (16:40) Jonathan Edwards and the person;
• (19:05) The idea of persons in the modern West.

Links mentioned in this episode:

www.degruyter.com/database/EBR/entry/key_56fb87e7-b85b-4bb7-b4ec-53d6e45d5382/html

soulscienceministries.com

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