Alan Jacobs, in his new book Original Sin, lists "five distinct beliefs" which make up an Augustinian anthropology (or a belief in original sin): You must believe that everyone behaves in ways that we usually describe as selfish, cruel, arrogant, and so on. You must...
Books
Original Sin
"Original Sin: A Cultural History" (Alan Jacobs) I just finished Original Sin, an excellent book by Wheaton English professor Alan Jacobs (heretofore of Books and Culture and First Things fame). It's obviously appropriate to argue for the doctrine of original sin via...
The Edwards Center at Yale
Background reading for my dissertation has focused much upon Jonathan Edwards and his Religious Affections. Yale has placed the entire work—the second volume in its own august series—online, including the lengthy introduction by John E. Smith. The Banner of Truth...
The Books of the Bible For Sale
I just bought another case of The Books of the Bible, a special Bible edition which I've discussed here on the blog before. My first case sold out fast, and I didn't even want it to. I wanted to keep a few of the Bibles! You can buy one from IBS for about $15. You can...
Poythress Summarizes James Barr
Vern Poythress's book "Symphonic Theology" is available free at his site. Today I was searching my hard drive for a summary of James Barr's list of common exegetical fallacies in his famous and deservedly influential book, The Semantics of Biblical Language. I...