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Nicholas Wolterstorff

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Response to Black, Kaemingk, and Weithman

Let me begin by warmly thanking Amy Black, Matthew Kaemingk, and Paul Weithman for their generous and challenging comments on my essay, “Fidelity in Politics.” I have found it both enjoyable and instructive to reflect on what they say. In my response to their comments, I will begin with comments on some intellectual issues that…
Nicholas Wolterstorff
May 8, 2023
Blog

The Renaissance of Christian Philosophy

Editorial note: This reflection from Nicholas Wolterstorff is part of a curated discussion on “Christian Perspectives in Higher Learning.” See David Hoekema’s introduction to that discussion here. Our topic is the remarkable renaissance of Christian thought that has taken place over the past 50 years or so and the role of Calvin College in that…
Nicholas Wolterstorff
April 13, 2018
Article

Christian Perspectives on Learning

David A. Hoekema is Professor of Philosophy at Calvin College. George Marsden was a professor of History at Calvin College (1965–1986), Duke Divinity School (1986–1992), and The University of Notre Dame (1992–2008). His publications include The Soul of the American University (1994) and Jonathan Edwards: A Life (2003), winner of the Bancroft Prize. Richard Mouw…
Nicholas Wolterstorff
November 15, 2017
Review and Response

Escaping the Cage of Secular Discourse—A Review Essay

Steven D. Smith’s The Disenchantment of Secular Discourse is an important book.Steven D. Smith, The Disenchantment of Secular Discourse (Harvard University Press, 2010),280 pp. $26.95 (hardback), ISBN 9780674050877. I will be offering a point or two of criticism. That, however, takes nothing away from my judgment that Smith’s book is an intellectually imaginative and compelling…
Nicholas Wolterstorff
October 15, 2010