James Olthuis

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)

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".

  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.