Published in the Idaho State Journal, November 4, 2022 by Nick Gier A little bit of inflation is always good in our business. —Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen False: Biden and Democrats are responsible for violent crime. For decades Republicans have…
Author: Nick Gier
Doug Wilson: Selected Essays
Nicholas F. Gier, Professor Emeritus, Department of Philosophy, University of Idaho. Email: ngier006∂gmail.com “Were I to be again reduced to the chains of slavery, next to that enslavement, I should regard being the slave of a religious master the greatest…
Prehension and Intentionality
This is a programmatic essay for a comprehensive comparative analysis of phenomenology and process philosophy.1 The central concern of this project is the relationship between the major doctrines of these two philosophies: intentionality and prehension. In his “analytic phenomenology” Stephen A.…
Three Types of Divine Power
The brief Galilean vision of humility flickered throughout the ages, uncertainly . . . But the deeper idolatry, of fashioning God in the image of the Egyptian, Persian, and Roman imperial rulers, was retained. The Church gave unto God the…
The Bible, the Fetus, and Abortion
by Nick Gier Bible scholars attempt to ferret out the ancient meanings of the Bible just as conservative jurists have sought the original sources of the Constitution. Many Christians hold that the Bible is inerrant and without fault in all…
How Did We Lose Our Ancient Color Blindness?
By Nick Gier, Professor Emeritus, University of Idaho We tend to think that the two great scourges of humankind, sexism and racism, have been around since the beginning of time. With regard to sexism, this is true. Aristotle, for example,…
GEORGE WASHINGTON’S RELIGION REVISITED
He was Not an Orthodox Trinitarian Christian Nick Gier, Professor Emeritus, University of Idaho As a fellow minister in Peter Lillback’s denomination (conservative Presbyterian), I can tell you that a large number of us are embarrassed by his poor historical…
Gun Deaths: The Real American Carnage
by Nick Gier Children having their tomorrows taken away. Small sacrifice if we can keep our assault rifles. —Maureen Dowd’s “America’s Human Sacrifices” In his inaugural address, arguably the worst by any American president, Donald Trump vowed that “the American…
How My Views on Abortion Have Changed
by Nick Gier I have been teaching and writing about abortion for about 50 years, and my views, naturally, have evolved over the time. About ten years ago, I found it more and more difficult to make a moral distinction…
The Queen of Heaven Regains Her Throne
Nicholas F. Gier, University of Idaho Cheryl Miller-Arndt, Eastern Washington University Pacific Northwest Division of the American Academy of Religion May 14, 2022 This dramatic presentation on the Hebrew Goddess offers a creative interpretation of certain scriptural passages. We have…