modern.gods

A paper on Augustine's view of property rights, in which I critique both the traditional interpretation and a salient critique of the traditional interpretation, and briefly offer a model which better represents Augustine's view, that of property as divinely-ordained governance. https://www.academia.edu/2066792/Augustine_and_Property

A directed-topic paper for Nicholas Adams' excellent seminar on Kant's  Critique of Pure Reason , this paper explores the question "Does Kant assume the existence of things-in-themselves ( ding an sich )?" and finds that there is an irreducible inconsistency in Kant's view as a consequent of his division between understanding and moral reasoning. https://www.academia.edu/2066793/Kant_-_Things_in_Themselves

In contrast to the much-debated topic of whether or not Barth is a universalist, this paper examines Barth's explicit denial of universalism and asks what is theologically at stake in this denial. https://www.academia.edu/2066790/Barths_Repudiation_of_Universalism