Philosophically Informed Theology
Biblically Based Ethics
Philosophically Informed Theology
Biblically Based Ethics
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Ronald M. Rothenberg; Independent Scholar; Systematic Theologian-Ethicist; Former Pastor; Former Material Scientist
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Ph.D.
Bethel Seminary West, M.Div.
University of California at Irvine, B.S., Mechanical Engineering
Philosophy of Biblical Scholarship
When evangelicals seek to do scholarship, they should strive for philosophically informed theology and biblically based ethics. Frequently, theology is either philosophically naïve in that it deals with Scripture apart from philosophy or mere doctrine without biblical support. Further, theologians often fail to interact with the biblical consistency of the philosophical presuppositions underlying their interpretation or merely offer biblically inconsistent philosophy. Frequently, ethics consists of pure reason or reason based on biblically inconsistent philosophy. For evangelical theologians and ethicists, theology must be philosophically informed, and ethics must be biblically based such that doctrine/ethics is based on an explicit interpretation of Scripture (2 Thess. 2:15; Titus 1:9) guided by philosophical principles that have been overtly demonstrated to be biblically consistent (Col. 2:8). One’s worldview must be biblically consistent so that it results in hermeneutic principles that are in accord with the text of Scripture being interpreted.
Publications for Purchase
To date, I have published two books, two articles and several book reviews in peer reviewed journals, and numerous peer reviewed articles during my time at Christian thinktanks. The books may be purchased through Amazon.
Publications (Free & Forthcoming)
In addition to my books that are avaliable for purchase, some of my peer reviewed articles are avaliable for free here. I also have previews of my forthcoming books.
Videos
This site also has a page with free videos. The videos serve several purposes: (1) to preview my books, (2) train the church and academy, and (3) to edify the church.
PowerPoint
Finally, this site has a page with free PowerPoint presentations that may be used for instruction in the academy or church depending on the presentation.