James Herman Olthuis (born 1938)[1] is an interdisciplinary scholar in ethics, hermeneutics, philosophical theology, as well as a theorist and practitioner of psychotherapy of a kind he calls "relational psychotherapy".

James Olthuis
Born
James Herman Olthuis

1938 (age 85–86)
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisFacts, Values, and Ethics (1968)
Doctoral advisorAndré Troost [nl]
InfluencesH. Evan Runner
Academic work
Discipline
  • Theology
  • philosophy
Sub-disciplinePhilosophical theology
School or traditionPostmodernism[1]
InstitutionsInstitute for Christian Studies
Notable studentsJames K. A. Smith[2]
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)

Life edit

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 edit

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 edit

  • (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 edit

  • (2006) The Hermeneutics of Charity: Interpretation, Selfhood, and Postmodern Faith

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Olson, Roger E. (2013). The Journey of Modern Theology: From Reconstruction to Deconstruction. Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press. p. 688. ISBN 978-0-8308-6484-3.
  2. ^ Smith, James K. A. (2005). Jacques Derrida: Live Theory. London: Continuum. p. xiii. ISBN 978-0-8264-6280-0.
  3. ^ Zuidervaart, Lambert (2017). Art, Education, and Cultural Renewal: Essays in Reformational Philosophy. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN 978-0-7735-5044-5.
  4. ^ a b Olthuis, James (2011). "Curriculum Vitae" (doc). North-West University. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  5. ^ Overduin, Hendrik (12 August 1970). "The House of Subversion on Lyndhurst Ave". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. Retrieved 22 September 2011.