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James Olthuis

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James Olthuis
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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".

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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)
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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.

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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

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