James Olthuis
- Theology
- philosophy
James Herman Olthuis (born 1938)[1] is an interdisciplinary scholar in ethics, hermeneutics, philosophical theology, as well as a theorist and practitioner of psychotherapy of a kind he calls "relational psychotherapy".
Life
Olthuis studied under H. Evan Runner in philosophy at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan;[3][4] then in theology at Calvin Theological Seminary;[4] and finally in philosophical ethics at VU University, Amsterdam, where he received his Doctor of Philosophy degree under André Troost [nl] in 1968. Olthuis analyzed and critiqued the works of G. E. Moore, his dissertation being entitled Facts, Values, and Ethics: A Confrontation with 20th Century British Moral Philosophy.
Positions held
Olthuis was a senior member at the Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto from 1968 to 2004 and continues to hold an emeritus position there.[5]
Bibliography
- (1968) Facts, Values and Ethics
- (1975) I Pledge You My Troth
- (1986) Keeping our Troth: Staying in Love During the Five Stages of Marriage
- (1987) A Hermeneutics of Ultimacy
- (1997) Knowing Other-wise: Philosophy on the Threshold of Spirituality, ed.
- (2000) Towards an Ethics of Community, ed.
- (2002) Religion With/out Religion: The Prayers and Tears of John D. Caputo, ed.
- (2003) The Beautiful Risk: A New Psychology of Loving and Being Loved
- (2005) Radical Orthodoxy and the Reformed Tradition: Creation, Covenant, and Participation, ed. with James K.A. Smith
Works about Olthuis
- (2006) The Hermeneutics of Charity: Interpretation, Selfhood, and Postmodern Faith
See also
- Deconstruction
- List of thinkers influenced by deconstruction
- Postmodern theology
- Radical orthodoxy
References
- ^ a b Olson, Roger E. (2013). The Journey of Modern Theology: From Reconstruction to Deconstruction. Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press. p. 688. ISBN 978-0-8308-6484-3.
- ^ Smith, James K. A. (2005). Jacques Derrida: Live Theory. London: Continuum. p. xiii. ISBN 978-0-8264-6280-0.
- ^ Zuidervaart, Lambert (2017). Art, Education, and Cultural Renewal: Essays in Reformational Philosophy. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN 978-0-7735-5044-5.
- ^ a b Olthuis, James (2011). "Curriculum Vitae" (doc). North-West University. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- ^ Overduin, Hendrik (12 August 1970). "The House of Subversion on Lyndhurst Ave". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
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