Keith DeRose on Universalism

Coments due: 11:59pm Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Keith DeRose

Perhaps some of you have seen this previously. (It's been up even since I was in grad school.) Here is a link to an essay entitled "Universalism and the Bible" by Keith DeRose (a Christian philosopher at Yale who, incidentally, did his undergraduate studies at Calvin College).

http://pantheon.yale.edu/~kd47/univ.htm

Give the essay a close read. Jot some things down while you read. Take notes. Pause to reflect. And then respond here. Did DeRose make some compelling points? If so, what are they? Where, if anywhere, did his case seem weakest? What are the objections you might press? Does he have any good replies to those objections available to him? How do DeRose's views fit into the Walls/Talbott exchange?

Be sure to interact with each other! Take advantage of this good opportunity to engage in sustained critical reflection with others. Press each other. Don't be satisfied with mere assertions.