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Capitalism(s) in the West with Michael DeMoor and Samir Gassanov
No full textWant a better grasp of what the giant of capitalism means? This winter semester, Dr. Michael DeMoor (Associate Professor of Social Philosophy in Politics, History, and Economics at The King's University and cross-appointed faculty at ICS) and Samir Gassanov (ICS PhD student) will be co-teaching a course called Capitalism(s) in the West: Intellectual History, Core Institutions, and Architectonic Critique. Starting January 14, the course will meet virtually every Thursday (11am-2pm EST). ICS Junior Member Abbi Hofstede joined Michael and Samir on this episode to ask them all about what students like her can expect from this course.
Some resources of interest on capitalism(s)
- Capital in the 21st Century (2019 documentary available on Netflix; based on the book by Thomas Piketty)
- The Big Short (2015 film based on the book by Michael Lewis)
- The Corporation (2003 documentary based on the book by Joel Bakan)
- Punk rock music from the 1970s-80s (especially the career arc of The Clash)Critical Faith is sponsored by the Centre for Philosophy, Religion, and Social Ethics (CPRSE) at the Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto
Hendrik Hart - The Necessity for Christian Philosophy, the Need for PHilosophy, and the Need for Theory
No full textHart speaks about the history of Western civilization and its fundamental belief in human rationality. Scientism and positivism with their roots in the Greek tradition pay attention to integration and theorization of details at the risk of producing abstraction that leads to isolation
Body, Language, Power with Dr. Andrew Tebbutt
No full textDr. Andrew Tebbutt, ICS sessional lecturer and Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Centre for Philosophy, Religion, and Social Ethics joins us to talk existential phenomenology and to tell us more about the course he'll be teaching this winter called Body, Language, Power: The Question of the Human in 20th Century French Philosophy
The Problem is Not the Problem; The Response is the Problem - Season 3 Intro
No full textCritical Faith is back for Season 3!
In the spirit of Hannah Arendt, our episodes this semester will be centered on the themes of evil, resistance, and judgment. To warm ourselves back up to the podcasting rhythm, Mark, Danielle, Hector, and Grace got together to have an impromptu conversation about these themes as a kind of pre-introduction introduction to some questions that the themes raise for us in the context of our own work:
- How do we address paralysis in the face of evil?
- From where do the resources for resistance arise?
- Are passing judgments on evil and enacting reconciliation both equally possible?
These themes will occupy us and our guests for the rest of the semester, so we hope this episode will whet your appetites for the conversations to come!Critical Faith is sponsored by the Centre for Philosophy, Religion, and Social Ethics (CPRSE) at the Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto
"I believe in the resurrection of the body"
No full textExaugural address. See "additional links" for a video recording of the address.“I believe in the resurrection of the body.” This fundamental tenet of the Christian faith extends beyond belief and into every corner of life. It provides the basis from which we might understand our whole selves as whole selves--to take into account where we are in body, heart, mind, and action. In terms of a guiding idea for curriculum development and for education, this statement calls us to see ourselves and others in primarily relational terms; to value people’s integral and multivalent relationships and all aspects of who, where, and what they are. Such an approach leads to a view of education--and of the human person--inextricably developed “from the ground up.
Ref Phil 101 with Bob Sweetman: Kuyper's Principled Pluralism
No full textHave you ever wondered what this Reformational philosophy thing is that folks at ICS constantly talk about? For the next few weeks, Bob Sweetman, with the help of Gideon Strauss, will be giving us a crash course on how Reformational philosophy came to be, what it says, and how it is relevant today.
This week, Bob gives us some of the backstory to how Reformational philosophy first developed. To do so, he dives more deeply into a conversation begun in our last episode about Abraham Kuyper and his idea of principled pluralism. Stay tuned in the coming weeks to find out more about what makes Reformational philosophy tick..
Ref Phil 101 with Bob Sweetman: Things and Their Hows
No full textWe're nearing the end of our miniseries on Reformational philosophy with Bob Sweetman and Gideon Strauss, and this week we take a turn to a fundamental philosophical topic: ontology.
In this episode, Bob explains what ontology is, how Reformational philosophy's complex-and-integral approach compares to some of its theoretical contemporaries, and provides examples of how this ontology frames human responsibility