I have added my 2008 lecture: “Theosophy and Gnosticism: Jung and Franz von Baader.” I plan to include it in a future book on Baader and Jung, but the lecture has found its way to other…| J. Glenn Friesen
I recently obtained a book from an Antiquariat in Austria. It is a massive work on Novalis by Theodor Haering—”Novalis als Philosoph” (648 pages, one third of which is in very small font). “Novalis” is the pen name of the poet-philosopher Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg (1772-1801). He died at the age of 28. […]| J. Glenn Friesen
The humanist Erasmus was the original inspiration for the Anabaptists. That is the surprising thesis of Abraham Friesen (no relation to me) in his book “Erasmus, the Anabaptists, and the Great Comm…| J. Glenn Friesen
I have revised my article “Individuality, Enkapsis, and Philosophical Anthropology.” The revised version can be found here. It in clouds ideas similar to enkapsis found in the Naturphilosophie of Johan Wilhelm Ritter (1776-1810).| J. Glenn Friesen
Bizarre speculations about the afterlife by the reformational philosopher Henk Geertsema: animals and plants continue to decay and die, and humans and animals rely on the death of plants for food. …| J. Glenn Friesen
Sorry, I posted a link to an old article. The new article is here. Individuality, Enkapsis, and Philosophical Anthropology| J. Glenn Friesen
Individuality, Enkapsis, and Philosophical AnthropologyWhat is a thing? Dooyeweerd gets his ideas of the nature of things from Martin Heidenhain (1864-1949), Theodor Haering (1884-1964), and Max Wundt (1879-1963): it is from them that he gets the ideas of individuality structures, enkapsis, and even his philosophical anthropology, which deals with the relation between our supratemporal selfhood and our […]| J. Glenn Friesen
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I have added my article “John Howard Yoder: Seeking a Christian Tantra“ What was Yoder trying to do? Where did it go wrong? What were his sources? Did he change his views? Can there be a sacred sexuality, one that does not depend on a dualism between body and spirit? Can we seek ecstasy instead […]| J. Glenn Friesen
I have added my article “The Church Discipline of John Howard Yoder.” This concerns the sexual conduct of the theologian Yoder, and his discipline by his local Mennonite congregation. While Yoder’s conduct was immoral, it was not criminal. Terms with a criminal connotations, like “assault” or “sexual abuse” or “sexual violence” should not be used. […]| J. Glenn Friesen