Category Archives: Video
Philosophy & Theology Soccer combo
I’ve watched this so many times and still enjoy it. Perhaps with greater appreciation now!
“What are the Roots of the Distinction between Theology and Philosophy?” by Jean-Luc Marion
This is a good lecture interweaving insights from a historic western perspective with systematic reflections later. While it may be true that the distinction between theology (in particular Christian theology) and philosophy (in particular Greek Philosophy onwards) is problematized, then what does this mean for today? Where is ethics in this discussion and to what extent an introduction of ethics or the empirical into the discussion disrupts the abstract nature of the dominance of ideas?
Back to Malaysia, in the public university it appears the philosophical discussions would likely be found in the humanities and social sciences, or perhaps it is also present in the form of Islamic philosophy and theology in Islamic institutions. But, this fragmented situation suggests that different ‘knowledge’ production and cultivation sites are separated from each other at least institutionally. For example, the philosophy department in University Sains Malaysia, Penang, the study of Islamic philosophy in International Islamic University, and the social scientific and humanities work in Monash University.
Where would ‘theology’ especially Christian theology generated from either the church context, or more precisely the seminary context in the peninsular and Sabah for example enter the conversation?
Conversation Between Miroslav Volf & David Martin with a short reflection on “Modern Malaysia”
One key notion struck me in this conversation, that is the idea of “alternative modernities”. If we can say there is a “USA model”, and now since being in Norway I’m more alerted to a “Norwegian model”, I wonder what a “Malaysian model” looks like. How do we imagine it to look like today and possibly in the future?
Take the relationship between Religion and State for example, institutionally we might say in USA it’s a clear separation even though one might argue the influence of Religion in Politics is not. In Norway, their constitution is similar to Malaysia in that religion is not separate from the state.
The Bible Made Impossible by Christian Smith 1
The next series of videos would be a good follow up on Joshua’s previous book review related to the Bible. Asserting the authority and the reliability of the Christian scriptures is one thing, but how does the Bible function in our everyday life?
