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)
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.
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
^ abOlson, Roger E. (2013). The Journey of Modern Theology: From Reconstruction to Deconstruction. Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press. p. 688. ISBN978-0-8308-6484-3.
^Zuidervaart, Lambert (2017). Art, Education, and Cultural Renewal: Essays in Reformational Philosophy. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN978-0-7735-5044-5.
^ abOlthuis, James (2011). "Curriculum Vitae"(doc). North-West University. Retrieved 4 July 2018.