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New Metaphysics for Christian Demonology: Psychodynamic
Immaterialism
Director: Dr. Lloyd Strickland
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Still seeking publication for my next book but it has allowed me to add to and polish the current manuscript. God has his timing!
Review of Hearing Voices, Demonic and Divine: Scientific and Theological Perspectives by Christopher C. H. Cook (Routledge, 2018) for the American Academy of Religion
Gods of this World (Eugence, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2018)
"Assessing the Extra-Dimensional Hypothesis as a Christian Explanation of Paranormal Activity" (forthcoming)
"Angels: Early Theories," entry in The Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Religion, ed. by Charles Taliaferro and Stewart Goetz (forthcoming)
“A New Challenge to a Warfare Theodicy,” International Journal of Philosophy and Theology, 5.2 (December, 2017).
"Christian Demonology: A New Philosophical Perspective," Philosophical Approaches to Demonology, ed. by Robert Arp and Benjamin McCraw (London: Routledge, 2017), chapter 3.
"The Implausibility of a Diabolical Theodicy" (paper read at the mid-western region of the EPS; 2015)
"A New Metaphysics for Christian Demonology: Psychodynamic Immaterialism" (Ph.D dissertation; 2015)
"Rationalism and the Historical Mind-Body Controversy," Quodlibet (Volume IV, Number 2-3; 2002).
“Concerning Theodore Drange’s Argument from Evil for the Non-Existence of God,” The Examined Life Online Philosophy Journal (Volume III, Issue 10; 2002).
On Gillespie’s Misapplication of the A-Theory of Time to the Impossibility of an Actual Infinite in the Kalam Cosmological Argument” The Examined Life Online Philosophy Journal (Volume I, Issue 3; 2000).
"Do You Mean That You Believe in Devils Too?": A Reply to Hitchens and Barker (2016)
Can Satan Read Your Mind? (2011)
The Epistemic Argument Against Abortion (2008)
A Molinist Perspective on the Homiletical "Divine Appointment" (2005)
A Swift Response to Dan Barker's "Cosmological Kalamity" (2004)
Atheism and the Argumentum ad Ignorantiam: Why Atheists Cannot Avert the Burden of Proof (2003)
Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus (2000 - section IV reviewed by Dr. Ed Nelson)
"They Shall Never Perish": Possible Worlds and the Problem of Eternal Security (1998; 2010)
A New Discussion on Mormonism (1989; 2008)
Podcast interview on "Master's Crib" with
Pastor Jason Burger (January 12, 2021) discussing "Judges 6
and God's Authority to interrupt."
Interview on my book, Gods of this World with
Eric Chabot (with Ratio Christi) (December 8, 2020)
Interview on Capturing Christianity: "Why Demons
Probably Exist" (October 29, 2020)
Debate on "Arguments For/Against the Existence
of God": Daniel Schalit vs. Shandon L. Guthrie (2014)
The Big 5 Series, Part 1: Did God Gommand Moral Atrocities in the Old Testament?
The Big 5 Series, Part 2:: How Can God Exist When There is Evil in the World?
The Big 5 Series, Part 3: How Can God Exist When There is Evil in the World? continued
The Big 5 Series, Part 4: Where Did God Come From? ... And Other Questions on Cosmology
The Big 5 Series, Part 5: Why Does God Seem so Hidden?
The Big 5 Series, Part 6:
Debate on "Pride: What Should we See in the Mirror?" (Sept. 29,
2018) that occurred at the Center for Science and Wonder.
Opening Statement in Debate on "Lust: How Should we Best Own
our Sexuality?" (April 2018) that occurred at the Center for
Science and Wonder.
What Is
Apologetics? (2014)
Debate: William Ramsey & Michael Gobaud vs.
Shandon L. Guthrie & Jordan Fishel: Which is More
Reasonable: Christianity or Atheism? (April, 2011)
"Mormonism pt. 1" and "Mormonism pt. 2" (2011)
Q & A Panel at UNLV on "How Do You Know God
Exists?" (2011)
Q & A Panel at UNLV on "How Can You Decide
Which Religion is the 'Right Religion'?" (2011)
Q & A Panel at UNLV on "If God exists, why
would he allow his creation to experience pain, hurt, and
sorrow?" (2011)
Q & A Panel at UNLV on "If God is loving, then
why did he give word to those in the old testament to kill every
man, woman, and child?" (2011)
Q & A Panel at UNLV on "What is the Trinity,
and how can one God be three separate entities?" (2011)
Debate:
Shandon
Guthrie vs. Doug Krueger: Atheism vs. Theism: Which View is
More Rational? (May 9, 2005)
“Philosophers of religion have focused almost exclusively on the existence and nature of God and the nature and destiny of human beings. But these philosophers have been remiss in engaging discussions about the possibility of there being adverse gods of this world (demonic beings) despite being a doctrine that comprises a significant part of the Christian confession. This drought in the literature has left a number of questions unaddressed including:
Hasn’t science buried the demonic?
Are there any successful philosophical arguments for the existence of Satan?
What kind of being is Satan? Is he the fallen angel of lore?
Is it reasonable for Christians to say that demons are purely immaterial spirits?
Can demons causally interact with the physical world and its inhabitants?
Can demons perform diabolical miracles? Shandon Guthrie broaches new territory beginning with a rigorous defense for the existence of Satan and his cohorts. He then advances and defends a model for how to understand their nature in terms of their ontology and causal powers. No other book has attempted a full-fledged natural diabology on behalf of Christian orthodoxy. This is a must-read for anyone interested in the dark side of Christian theology and metaphysics.”