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James Olthuis
Born
James Herman Olthuis

1938 (age 85–86)
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisFacts, Values, and Ethics (1968)
Doctoral advisor André Troost [ nl]
Influences H. Evan Runner
Academic work
Discipline
  • Theology
  • philosophy
Sub-discipline Philosophical theology
School or tradition Postmodernism [1]
Institutions Institute for Christian Studies
Notable students James K. A. Smith [2]
A vision of and for love: Towards a Christian post-postmodern worldview (article developed from a paper delivered at the Koers-75 Conference on 'Worldview and Education', held in Potchefstroom, South Africa, from 30 May to 2 June 2011)

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

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Smith, James K. A. (2005). Jacques Derrida: Live Theory. London: Continuum. p. xiii. ISBN  978-0-8264-6280-0.
  3. ^ Zuidervaart, Lambert (2017). Art, Education, and Cultural Renewal: Essays in Reformational Philosophy. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN  978-0-7735-5044-5.
  4. ^ a b Olthuis, James (2011). "Curriculum Vitae" (doc). North-West University. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  5. ^ Overduin, Hendrik (12 August 1970). "The House of Subversion on Lyndhurst Ave". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. Retrieved 22 September 2011.