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Common Places
by Davenant Institute
The Davenant Institute advances and renews Christian wisdom for the contemporary church. We seek to sponsor historical scholarship at the intersection of the church and academy, build networks of friendship and collaboration within the Reformed and evangelical world, and equip the saints with time-tested resources for faithful public witness.
Episodes
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A Very Celtic Christmas: Incarnation and Christology in Celtic Christian Theology
A lecture with Q&A entitled "A Very Celtic Christmas: Incarnation and Christology in Celtic Christian Theology" by Dr. Matthew Hoskin. Much is often made of the “closeness” of “Celtic” Christian spirituality to the rest of the created order and the “natural world”. At times, this approach is even...
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The End of Protestant Retrieval
What is the end of Protestant retrieval? After some lively response to a recent Ad Fontes article, "The End of Protestant Retrieval", we brought together Wyatt Graham, John Ehrett, Michael Lynch, and Steven Wedgeworth to discuss what Protestant retrieval is and isn't. "The End of Protestant...
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Introducing Lombard’s Sentences: The Nature and Method(s) of Scholastic Theology
A lecture with Q&A given by Professor Ryan Hurd entitled "Introducing Lombard’s Sentences: The Nature and Method(s) of Scholastic Theology." Professionalization is the word which best describes the advance from patristic to medieval theology (as the medievalist Philip Rosemann has claimed). But…
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1. A Conversation Between Worlds
Audio from The Davenant Institute's event "Beyond Rules and Roles: Scripture and the Sexes", held April 2024 at 3Crosses Church, CA. Lectures delivered by Dr. Alastair Roberts.
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2. In the Beginning (Genesis 1)
Audio from The Davenant Institute's event "Beyond Rules and Roles: Scripture and the Sexes", held April 2024 at 3Crosses Church, CA. Lectures delivered by Dr. Alastair Roberts.
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3. Man and Woman in the Garden (Genesis 2 - 3)
Audio from The Davenant Institute's event "Beyond Rules and Roles: Scripture and the Sexes", held April 2024 at 3Crosses Church, CA. Lectures delivered by Dr. Alastair Roberts.
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4. Opened Wombs and Removed Foreskins: Gendered Motifs in the Old Testament Narratives
Audio from The Davenant Institute's event "Beyond Rules and Roles: Scripture and the Sexes", held April 2024 at 3Crosses Church, CA. Lectures delivered by Dr. Alastair Roberts.
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5. Beyond Rules and Roles: Scripture and the Sexes - Q&A Session 1
Audio from The Davenant Institute's event "Beyond Rules and Roles: Scripture and the Sexes", held April 2024 at 3Crosses Church, CA. Lectures delivered by Dr. Alastair Roberts.
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6. Lady Wisdom And Israel As Bride Wisdom, Song, And Prophecy
Audio from The Davenant Institute's event "Beyond Rules and Roles: Scripture and the Sexes", held April 2024 at 3Crosses Church, CA. Lectures delivered by Dr. Alastair Roberts.
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7. The Coming of the Kingdom: Male and Female in the Gospels
Audio from The Davenant Institute's event "Beyond Rules and Roles: Scripture and the Sexes", held April 2024 at 3Crosses Church, CA. Lectures delivered by Dr. Alastair Roberts.
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8. Living in the Spirit: The Body and Marriage in the Apostle Paul
Audio from The Davenant Institute's event "Beyond Rules and Roles: Scripture and the Sexes", held April 2024 at 3Crosses Church, CA. Lectures delivered by Dr. Alastair Roberts.
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9. Man and Woman in the Church, John and Revelation, Q&A Session 2
Audio from The Davenant Institute's event "Beyond Rules and Roles: Scripture and the Sexes", held April 2024 at 3Crosses Church, CA. Lectures delivered by Dr. Alastair Roberts.
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The Invulnerability of God: Divine Impassibility According to Anselm
A lecture with Q&A given by Davenant Hall Teaching Fellow, Ryan Hurd. Today, Anselm is much maligned for doing theology which results in a heartless god, and central to this caricature is his doctrine of God’s impassibility. However, critics often fail to understand the exact nature of this...
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Finding a Christian America?
A Davenant Hall Teaching Fellows lecture with Q&A by Dr. Miles Smith entitled "Finding a Christian America?" Since roughly 1980, the history of religion and particularly Protestantism in the United States has been litigated along a series of binaries: evangelical v. mainline, theocratic v.…
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The Jesuits Cannot Be Good Subjects: A Look at John Davenant’s Political Theology
A lecture with Q&A given by Dr. Michael Lynch entitled "The Jesuits Cannot Be Good Subjects: A Look at John Davenant’s Political Theology" with respondent Dr. Glenn Moots. John Davenant is a long neglected Reformation figure, whose work on hypothetical universalism has had a renaissance. But what...
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Social Justice and National Righteousness
A talk on relief for the poor and debtors in ancient Israel and beyond. Given by Scott Pryor, Campbell University Law School
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Property is Preparation for the Kingdom of God
The Fall Convivium's keynote lecture, given by Adam MacLeod, St. Mary’s University
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How Locke’s Theory of Property Undermines Obligation to God and Exceeds Nature
A talk given by Nick Higgins, Regent University
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Is Modern Work Coercive? And if so, What Should We Do About It?
A Panel Discussion with Brad Littlejohn and Joe Minich, The Davenant Institute
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The Anticulture And The Crisis Of Metaphysics
In this address from our 2024 Davenant UK Convivium on "Renewing British Political Theology", Imogen Sinclair, Director of the New Conservatives and the New Social Covenant Unit, puts Philip Rieff and Sigmund Freud into conversation in an analysis of our current political decline.
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The Political Theology Of John Owen - Law, Liberty, And Government
In this address from our 2024 Davenant UK Convivium on "Renewing British Political Theology", Daniel Caballero (Ph.D candidate, Queen's University Belfast) delivers an overview of John Owen's understudied political theology and considers its relevance for today.
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Contemporary Politics And The Crisis Of The Spiritual Sense
In this address from our 2024 Davenant UK Convivium on "Renewing British Political Theology", Dr. Graham Shearer, Lecturer in Theology at Union Theological College Belfast, draws on Augustine's famous distinction between things and signs to deliver as a diagnostic tool for the ills of modern...
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The Children Of This Age And The Children Of Light
A lecture given at the 2024 UK Convivium by Oliver O'Donovan entitled "The Children of This Age and the Children of Light: A Biblical Apologia for Political Theology and a Critique of Its Traditional Defenders" In the keynote address of the 2024 Davenant UK Convivium on "Renewing British…
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C.S. Lewis as Historian of Religion
A lecture with Q&A given by Davenant Residential Teaching Fellow, Dr. Joseph Minich, entitled "C.S. Lewis as Historian of Religion." C.S. Lewis wore many hats: children’s author, Christian apologist, literary scholar. But can he be read as a theorist of the history of religion? And can...
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Aquinas 201: Reading the Summa at the Next Level
A Davenant Hall Fellows Lecture with Q&A offered by Prof. Ryan Hurd with a response by Dr. David Haines. In recent years, there has been a welcome resurgence of interest in Thomas Aquinas among Protestants. Many have recovered his masterwork, the Summa Theologiae, as a go-to resource for dogmatic...
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Non-violent Resistance for Just War Theorists
A lecture given at the 2023 National Convivium entitled “Non-violent Resistance for Just War Theorists” by Darren Yau. Darren is Ph.D. candidate at Princeton University. His research interests lie at the intersection of political theory and Christian political theology. Prior to joining the...
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Rooted and Obliged: Simone Weil’s Vision for the Post-Liberal West
A lecture given at the 2023 National Convivium “Rooted and Obliged: Simone Weil’s Vision for the Post-Liberal West” by Nathan Johnson. Nathan is Assistant Dean of Academics, Head of Program, and Teaching Fellow at New College Franklin in Tennessee. He is also Provost of Davenant Hall and author…
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Supererogation and Statecraft
A keynote seminar given at the 2023 National Convivium entitled “Supererogation and Statecraft ” led by Dr. Eric Gregory. Dr. Gregory is Professor of Religion at Princeton University. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Religious Ethics and sits with the executive committee of the...
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Theological Reflections on the Coronation of Charles III
A lecture given at the 2023 National Convivium entitled “Theological Reflections on the Coronation of Charles III” by Dr. Alastair Roberts. Alastair is a teaching fellow with The Davenant Institute as well as with the Theopolis Institute. He has a Ph.D. from Durham University in the UK. He is...
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The New England Dilemma: John Cotton, Increase Mather, and the Perils of Puritan Political Theology
A lecture given at the 2023 National Convivium entitled “The New England Dilemma: John Cotton, Increase Mather, and the Perils of Puritan Political Theology” by Flynn Evans. This talk was a break-out session on the theme of this convivium, “Christ and the Nations: A Protestant Theology of...
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Commerce and the Order of Love: A Case for Economic Nationalism
A lecture given at the 2023 National Convivium entitled “Commerce and the Order of Love: A Case for Economic Nationalism” by Jonathan Tomes. This talk was a break-out session on the theme of this convivium, “Christ and the Nations: A Protestant Theology of Statecraft.” Jonathan, former Library...
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Schleiermacher as Protestant Political Theologian
A lecture given at the 2023 National Convivium entitled “Schleiermacher as Protestant Political Theologian” by Enoch Kuo. Enoch is a Ph.D. candidate at Princeton University. His research sits at the intersections of theology, political theory, and the history of science. This talk is a…
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Liberal Internationalism and the Protestant Augustinian Tradition
A keynote lecture given at the 2023 National Convivium entitled “Liberal Internationalism and the Protestant Augustinian Tradition” by Dr. Eric Gregory. Dr. Gregory is Professor of Religion at Princeton University. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Religious Ethics and sits with...
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“Between Capitulation and ‘Christian Nationalism’: Looking Backward to Move Forward”
A lecture given at the 2023 National Convivium entitled “Between Capitulation and ‘Christian Nationalism’: Looking Backward to Move Forward” by Dr. Brad Littlejohn. In this talk, Brad, President of the Davenant Institute, gave introductory remarks and welcome to this annual event. The theme for…
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“‘An Ordinance of Reason for the Common Good’: Junius’s Reformed Thomist Theory
A lecture with Q&A given at the Fall 2022 Convivium at the Davenant House by Joshua Janniere entitled “‘An Ordinance of Reason for the Common Good’: Junius’s Reformed Thomist Theory of Law.” The theme for this convivium was “Law and Wisdom."
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'Resisting the ‘Machine:’ CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien as Models for Embodied Friendship
A lecture given at the Spring 2023 Regional Convivium by Dr. Katherine Wyma entitled "“Resisting the ‘Machine:’ CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien as Models for Embodied Friendship in an Increasingly Encroaching Digital Age.” Dr. Wyma is Senior Lecturer of English at Anderson University in South Carolina....
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C.S. Lewis: Author of Literary Criticism, Children’s Fiction, and…Papal Encyclicals?
A lecture given at the Spring 2023 Regional Convivium by Paul Shakeshaft entitled "C.S. Lewis: Author of Literary Criticism, Children’s Fiction, and…Papal Encyclicals? Love and Friendship in Lewis, Pieper and Ratzinger" Paul Shakeshaft is a Research Fellow with the Davenant Institute and holds an...
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Virtue and Friendship in Jane Austen’s Emma
A lecture given by Robin Harris at the Spring 2023 Regional Convivium entitled "Virtue and Friendship in Jane Austen’s Emma" Robin Harris is a Bible curriculum writer based in North Carolina. This talk develops the friendship aspect of the theme of this conference, “The Inklings and the Great...
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Intellectual Friendship and Academic Vocation
A lecture given at the Spring 2023 Regional Convivium by Dr. Kathryn Wagner entitled “Intellectual Friendship and Academic Vocation in The Place of the Lion, Gaudy Night, and That Hideous Strength.” Dr. Wagner is a scholar of medieval English literature and current Director of Academic…
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Davenant Hall Faculty Spotlight: Joshua Shaw
Nathan Johnson, Provost of Davenant Hall, interviews Joshua Shaw on his upcoming courses, the significance of the Hellenistic tradition in early Christianity, and the calling of the teacher to help students climb the ladder of knowledge up to God. To register for Joshua Shaw's course on...
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The Allegory of Love and the Launching of the Career of C. S. Lewis
A keynote address delivered at the Spring 2023 Regional Convivium by Dr. Harry Poe entitled "The Allegory of Love and the Launching of the Career of C. S. Lewis." Dr. Poe is the Charles Colson University Professor of Faith & Culture at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. He has written and...
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Jurassic Jubilee: Dinosaurs and the Revivification of our Literary Legacy
A lecture given at the 2023 Spring Convivium by Dr. Donald Williams entitled "Jurassic Jubilee: Dinosaurs and the Revivification of our Literary Legacy." Dr. Williams is the retired Professor of English at Taccoa Falls College. In keeping with the conference theme, “The Inklings and the Great...
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Something to Talk About: An Introduction to the Great Conversation & Its Affinity for Great Ideas
A lecture given at the 2023 Spring Convivium by Mr. Mark Olivero entitled "Something to Talk About: An Introduction to the Great Conversation & Its Affinity for Great Ideas." The theme for the 2023 Spring Convivium was “The Inklings and the Great Conversation: Friendship through Literature.” Mark...
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Davenant Hall Faculty Spotlight: Charles Carman
Nathan Johnson, Provost of Davenant Hall, interviews Charles Carman on his upcoming courses, the importance of knowing ancient languages, and the exciting research being done in Arabic and Syriac Christianity. To register for classes or begin a degree at Davenant Hall, please visit Davenanthall.com
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Davenant Hall Faculty Spotlight Jordan Steffaniak
Nathan Johnson, Provost of Davenant Hall, interviews Jordan Steffaniak on his upcoming courses, the relevance of philosophy for theology, and how studying the great texts of the Christian tradition is a historically Baptist endeavor. To register for Jordan Steffaniak's course on Baptist History,...
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Davenant Hall Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Michael Lynch
Nathan Johnson, Provost of Davenant Hall, interviews Dr. Michael Lynch on his upcoming courses, the importance of reading early modern theology, and why it's important to wrestle with controversial ideas. To register for his upcoming course on Richard Baxter's Political Theology, please visit...
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Davenant Hall Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Joe Minich
Nathan Johnson, Provost of Davenant Hall, interviews Dr. Joseph Minich on his upcoming courses, the unique challenges of being a Christian in the late modern world, and how to approach theology as a whole person for the sake of all of human life. To register for classes or begin a degree at...
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Davenant Hall Faculty Spotlight: Professor Tim Jacobs
Nathan Johnson, Provost of Davenant Hall, interviews Teaching Fellow Tim Jacobs on his upcoming courses, the relevance of philosophy for theology, and the importance of ethics and moral theology for the thoughtful Christian. To register for classes or begin a degree at Davenant Hall, please visit...
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Davenant Hall Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Alastair Roberts
Nathan Johnson, Provost of Davenant Hall, interviews Dr. Alastair Roberts on his upcoming courses, Biblical typology, and the importance of listening and attending to the voice of Scripture. To register for classes or begin a degree at Davenant Hall, please visit Davenanthall.com To register for...
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Davenant Hall Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Matthew Hoskin
Nathan Johnson, Provost of Davenant Hall, interviews Professor Matthew Hoskin on his upcoming courses, ancient Christian theology, and the importance of knowing the philosophy, history, and literature of cultures of the great theologians of the past. To register for classes or begin a degree...
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The Davenant Institute advances and renews Christian wisdom for the contemporary church. We seek to sponsor historical scholarship at the intersection of the church and academy, build networks of friendship and collaboration within the Reformed and evangelical world, and equip the saints with time-tested resources for faithful public witness.
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