Martin Westerholm
Biographic Data
| ID | 2490462 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martin Westerholm |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martin |
| FAMILY NAME | Westerholm |
| SIGNATURE | WESTERHOLM M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Durham University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9518-2596 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Diverging Trajectories and Theology ‘In the Middle of Things’
Contemporary theology is marked by an aspiration to operate ‘in the middle of things’ that raises important questions about just how a meaningful ‘middle’ might be identified. This essay furthers reflection on the task of operating ‘in the middle of things’ through an account of the way that an interrelated set of divisions between incommensurate conceptual spaces opens within modern thought. By considering divisions rooted in distinctions betwee…
On ‘Systematic theology’ and the contested shape of a discipline
This essay takes up questions about how systematic theology can understand itself in light of critical questions about the functioning of the label. In face of concerns about the exclusionary functioning of the term, the essay develops a set of philosophical distinctions that may help theologians to understand the shape of their discipline. The picture that emerges is of a discipline that is constituted by shifting constellations of historical pr…
The Nature and Destiny of Niebuhr’s Augustine
This essay poses a twofold question regarding the Augustine who influenced Niebuhr’s work: to which of the many versions of Augustine was Niebuhr drawn? What has happened to this Augustine across the reception of Niebuhr’s thought? As a first matter, I argue that Niebuhr was helped to resolve long‐standing questions not by Augustine the pessimistic realist, but rather by the distinctively analogical Augustine, mediated through the work of the Pol…
On the Structure and Significance of Augustine’s Moral Grammar
This essay traces Augustine’s understanding of the structuring elements that give shape to human becoming. It presents this understanding as a distinctive form of maximalism in thinking about happiness, justice, and power, and as standing apart from classical and modern alternatives in its approach to desire, power, and mediation. By tracing the way that Augustine develops a moral grammar across three distinctive constellations of concepts, it sh…
Christopher Ben Simpson, Modern Christian Theology
Kant's Critique and Contemporary Theological Inquiry
The Ordering of the Christian Mind
The most common criticisms of Barth’s work concern his description and deployment of theological reason; this study aims to facilitate fruitful consideration of the legacy and ongoing potential of Barth’s theology by developing a new account of his work in this sphere. It does so, first, by showing that Barth understands the question of reason as the question of coming to acknowledge the truth of God through the moral ordering of the activities o…
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Kant's Critique and Contemporary Theological Inquiry
The Ordering of the Christian Mind
The most common criticisms of Barth’s work concern his description and deployment of theological reason; this study aims to facilitate fruitful consideration of the legacy and ongoing potential of Barth’s theology by developing a new account of his work in this sphere. It does so, first, by showing that Barth understands the question of reason as the question of coming to acknowledge the truth of God through the moral ordering of the activities o…
Christopher Ben Simpson, Modern Christian Theology
On the Structure and Significance of Augustine’s Moral Grammar
This essay traces Augustine’s understanding of the structuring elements that give shape to human becoming. It presents this understanding as a distinctive form of maximalism in thinking about happiness, justice, and power, and as standing apart from classical and modern alternatives in its approach to desire, power, and mediation. By tracing the way that Augustine develops a moral grammar across three distinctive constellations of concepts, it sh…
On ‘Systematic theology’ and the contested shape of a discipline
This essay takes up questions about how systematic theology can understand itself in light of critical questions about the functioning of the label. In face of concerns about the exclusionary functioning of the term, the essay develops a set of philosophical distinctions that may help theologians to understand the shape of their discipline. The picture that emerges is of a discipline that is constituted by shifting constellations of historical pr…
The Nature and Destiny of Niebuhr’s Augustine
This essay poses a twofold question regarding the Augustine who influenced Niebuhr’s work: to which of the many versions of Augustine was Niebuhr drawn? What has happened to this Augustine across the reception of Niebuhr’s thought? As a first matter, I argue that Niebuhr was helped to resolve long‐standing questions not by Augustine the pessimistic realist, but rather by the distinctively analogical Augustine, mediated through the work of the Pol…
Diverging Trajectories and Theology ‘In the Middle of Things’
Contemporary theology is marked by an aspiration to operate ‘in the middle of things’ that raises important questions about just how a meaningful ‘middle’ might be identified. This essay furthers reflection on the task of operating ‘in the middle of things’ through an account of the way that an interrelated set of divisions between incommensurate conceptual spaces opens within modern thought. By considering divisions rooted in distinctions betwee…
Philosophy (6 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Theology (4 works) · Christian Theology and Mission (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Augustinian Studies and Theology (2 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Economic Justice (2 works)