James Olthuis, PhD (Free University, Amsterdam), B.D., (Calvin
College), is professor of philosophical theology at the Institute for
Christian Studies. Olthuis joined the ICS faculty in 1968. He
concentrates on philosophical anthropology, hermeneutics, ethics and
psychotherapy. He has published Facts, Values and Ethics: A
Confrontation with Twentieth Century British Moral Philosophy; I Pledge
You My Troth: A Christian View of Marriage, Family and Friendship;
Keeping Our Troth; A Hermeneutics of Ultimacy: Peril or Promise; and
The Beautiful Risk: A New Psychology of Loving and Being Loved. He is
the editor of Knowing Other-wise, Towards an Ethics of Community, and
Religion With/out Religion. Olthuis has a long list of scholarly
articles, popular articles and book chapters on a variety of subjects,
especially philosophical anthropology, postmodern philosophy,
hermeneutics and psychotherapy.
Articles
Facts, Values and Ethics: A
confrontation with twentieth century British moral philosophy in particular G.
E. Moore
Chapter 6 [pdf]
On Worldviews [pdf] Christian Scholar's Review XIV (2): 153-164.
Also in Stained Glass: Worldviews and Social Science (ed.) Paul Marshall, Sander Griffioen and Richard Mouw. University Press of America, Lanham MD, 1989: 26-40.
The word of God and biblical authority [pdf]
Potchefstroom: Wetenskappelike Bydraes van die Potchefstroom Universiteit vir Christelike Hoger Onderwys, 1976.
The word of God and creation [pdf] AACS Academic papers, 1975.
Also published in Tydskrif vir Christelike Wetenskap 25 (1989): 25-37; and Christian Scholar's Review XXI (3) : 231-48.
Values and valuation [pdf] Philosophia Reformata 32 (1) (1967): 37-54.
Books
He is the author of:
Facts, Values and Ethics: A Confrontation with Twentieth Century British Moral Philosophy
I Pledge You My Troth: A Christian View of Marriage, Family and Friendship
Keeping Our Troth
A Hermeneutics of Ultimacy: Peril or Promise
The Beautiful Risk: A New Psychology of Loving and Being Loved
He is the editor of:
Knowing Other-wise, Towards an Ethics of Community
Religion With/out Religion
Radical orthodoxy and the Reformed Tradition
