How To Be a Baptist Philosopher

Mark J. Boone

doi:10.21697/spch.2023.59.A.15

Opublikowane: 2023-12-31

Tom 59 Nr 2 (2023)

How To Be a Baptist Philosopher

Mark J. Boone

Studia Philosophiae Christianae

Dział: Artykuły naukowe

https://doi.org/10.21697/spch.2023.59.A.15

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In this paper I will give some provisional answers to the questions how one can be a Christian philosopher rather than just a philosopher who happens to be a Christian, how one can be a Reformation philosopher rather than just a Christian philosopher who
happens to be a Reformation Christian, and how one can be a Baptist philosopher rather than just a Reformation philosopher who happens to be a Baptist. A good way to be a philosopher is to, like Socrates, seek wisdom concerning spiritual good. A good way
to be a specifically Christian philosopher is to, like Augustine, seek that wisdom in Jesus Christ. A good way to be a specifically Reformation philosopher is to recognize and reflect on a distinction between two inseparable spiritual goods on which we are seeking wisdom: justification and sanctification. A good way to be a specifically Baptist philosopher, taking some inspiration from the likes of Locke and Kierkegaard, is to also recognize and reflect on some signs of these spiritual goods which Baptists emphasize: resistance to the idea of a state church and believer’s baptism.

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Received: 20/03/2023. Reviewed: 18/04/2023. Accepted: 24/04/2023.

Słowa kluczowe:

Christian philosophy, Reformation philosophy, Baptist philosophy, John Locke, Søren Kierkegaard

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Boone, M. J. (2023). How To Be a Baptist Philosopher. Studia Philosophiae Christianae, 59(2), 169–203. https://doi.org/10.21697/spch.2023.59.A.15

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