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Intellectual Humility and Incentivized Belief
No full textDespite disagreement about what is fundamental or necessary to intellectual humility, there is broad agreement that intellectual humility will bear on the higher-order epistemic attitudes one takes towards one’s beliefs (and other doxastic attitudes). Intellectually humble people tend not to under- or overstate the epistemic strength of their doxastic attitudes. This article shows how incentivized beliefs—beliefs that are held partly for pragmatic reasons—present a test case for intellectual humility. Intellectually humble persons will adopt ambivalent higher-order epistemic attitudes towards their incentivized beliefs. This is important for institutions that incentivize belief with material or social rewards, such as religious institutions that require orthodoxy for membership. The article argues that such institutions cannot simultaneously incentivize orthodox belief and enjoin conviction about such beliefs, unless they are willing to reject intellectual humility as a virtue
Saving the Locals from Our Theologies 1 Part One
No full textThis two-part article challenges Western theological educators to be more sociologically compatible with their cross-cultural audiences without compromising Scripture. Pesky propositions, pedagogical preferences, and the frequent fragmentation that are often preferred and practiced in the West will require a rethinking of assumptions and adjustments for oral-preference audiences, including post-moderns. The way in which the canon was constructed and disseminated offers insights as to how this can be accomplished and therefore save locals from the culturally-biased theologies of outsiders.
Tom Steffen is emeritus professor of intercultural studies at the Cook School of Intercultural Studies, Biola University
Obey That Voice
No full text28 x 24.5 cm, Pen and Ink on Cardstock. Illustration of sad man at the bar. Flask on the bar has a demon floating out of it. Hands of God hovering above the man.
Isaiah 55:7; Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon. ; God\u27s Help; Come; Remorse; Sin; The spirit of the flask.https://digitalcommons.biola.edu/ejpace-cartoons/1007/thumbnail.jp
Getting At The Root Of The Matter
No full text27 x 25.5 cm, Pen and Ink on Paper. Illustration of a set of arms cutting down a tree with an axe. Skunks running away.
And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees. Lu. 3:9; Self-Will; Sin.https://digitalcommons.biola.edu/ejpace-cartoons/1026/thumbnail.jp
Oh, to have one\u27s soul under heavenly cultivation
No full text28.5 x 25 cm., Pen and Ink on Cardstock. Illustration of idyllic garden with pathway and water fountain.
Oh, to have one\u27s soul under heavenly cultivation; no longer a wilderness, but a garden of the Lord! Walled around by grace, planted by instruction, visited by love, weeded by heavenly discipline, and guarded by divine power. One\u27s soul thus favored is prepared to yield fruit unto the glory of God. -Spurgeon.https://digitalcommons.biola.edu/ejpace-cartoons/1068/thumbnail.jp
Barrier
No full text28.5 x 25.5 cm. , Pen and Ink on Paper. Illustration of man looking at a sign pointing to a dark forest.
How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? -Gen. 39:9. ; The Way of Temptationhttps://digitalcommons.biola.edu/ejpace-cartoons/1063/thumbnail.jp
An All Too Common Variety
No full text29 x 25.5 cm., Pen and Ink on Paper. Illustration of a bouquet of roses.
Nice things said about others; O for a rose without thorns!;https://digitalcommons.biola.edu/ejpace-cartoons/1110/thumbnail.jp
Lick In Liquor
No full text28.5 x 26 cm., Pen and Ink on Paper. Illustration of life size bottle of whiskey punching out a man.
Reasoning Faculty ; The Knock-Outhttps://digitalcommons.biola.edu/ejpace-cartoons/1103/thumbnail.jp
Behold thy god, O church, that will bring thee into the promised land
No full text27 x 25 cm., Pen and Ink on Paper. Illustration of a donkey standing on a stack of books on small hill. A man at the bottom of the hill looking away from the donkey.
The Wisdom Of This World ; I Cor. 1:20; Darwinism; Philosophic Speculation; Shorter Bible; Rationalism; Religious Evolution Of Man; Modernist.https://digitalcommons.biola.edu/ejpace-cartoons/1186/thumbnail.jp
How long, O Lord, how long?
No full text28 x 25.5 cm., Pen and Ink on Art Board. Illustration of raised fist coming up from the clouds.
Man\u27s Defiance of Godhttps://digitalcommons.biola.edu/ejpace-cartoons/1150/thumbnail.jp