Comments on: Was Jonathan Edwards a Panentheist?

By: A word in favour of panentheism | winged keel and crumpet

A word in favour of panentheism | winged keel and crumpet — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 23:21:16 +0000

[...] Oliver Crips has recently argued that Edwards was indeed a panentheist, on a common-sense definition of the term. Kyle Stobel gives a good outline of Crisp’s essay here. [...]

By: Brettongarcia

Brettongarcia — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:49:39 +0000

Some kind of reconciliation between Christianity and Pantheism/Naturalism, is possible, without heresy. And in fact, working this reconciliation out. is extremely important, for our own time.

In part, it might be accomplished along the lines of Edwards. Though some changes in Edward’s version would probably need to be made. The classic idea of this being the “best of all possible worlds” of course, was lampooned in “Candide” and elsewhere.

The idea that God somehow underlies it all, seems necessary. But of course, we would need to deal with Theodicy. We would need to accept that somehow, God could create a material universe, that does not appear entirely “good,” from our present human perspective.

By: Kyle Strobel

Kyle Strobel — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 18:20:54 +0000

Let me leave some further thoughts here about my initial post since I didn’t really give any critical reflection concerning Crisp’s article. Broadly, I think he is correct. There are aspects of his argumentation that I didn’t add into my overview, that I disagree with, but in general I think he is correct. I also think he is right to say that an Edwardsian form of panentheism is not outside the bounds of Reformed orthodoxy. It is, in my words, the “right mistake,” even if we still want to label it a mistake.

By: Flotsam and jetsam (6/10) « scientia et sapientia

Flotsam and jetsam (6/10) « scientia et sapientia — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:00:51 +0000

[...] Kyle Strobel discusses Oliver Crisp’s argument that Jonathan Edwards is a Panentheist. [...]