Logan Hoffman
loganhoffman9.bsky.social
Logan Hoffman
@loganhoffman9.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Humanities & Theology in the John Wesley Honors College at IWU. Sometimes here, sometimes not, depending on whether Twitter is too depressing. I can also sometimes be found @loganhoffman9 on Bluesky.
A helpful review from Jamie Smith of Schuringa's "A Social History of Analytic Philosophy." This gets at some of my skepticism around the increasing prominence of Analytic Theology (at least in my circles) as a sort of safe, conservative mode of achieving intellectual rigor.

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What is philosophy for?
Notes on Schuringa's "A Social History of Analytic Philosophy"
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July 29, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Reposted by Logan Hoffman
And a shout out on #EarthDay2025 to my colleague Jennifer Noseworthy, who's featured in @nytimes.com talking about the work of #creationcare in an area where such words are not always welcome (largely because they are misunderstood).

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/c...
Indiana Evangelicals Are Focusing on Creation Care With Environmental Work
A cluster of evangelical groups in the state is pushing for environmental action. Leaders say they’re following the biblical mandate to care for creation.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Reposted by Logan Hoffman
Keats said the world is a vale of soul-making, but now that Dweezil the $11 trillion autocomplete engine can summarize your washing-machine manual for you, there’s no need to have a soul at all
Gonna be real with you, this feels like an advertisement for spiritual death
April 22, 2025 at 11:05 PM
April 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
It's the return of my Substack! (Side note: does it seem like literally everyone has one of these now? Mine was first, I did it before it was cool, seriously.)
March 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Do Christians owe love to all people equally, or are we justified in loving our families and those closest to us first?

I wrote a piece about the Ordo Amoris and our immigrant neighbors for Front Porch Republic that went live today.

www.frontporchrepublic.com/2025/03/loca...
Localism, Immigration, and the Ordo Amoris - Front Porch Republic
Take one of your neighbors to coffee and learn their story
www.frontporchrepublic.com
March 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I've been thinking about faith in times that feel bleak, which is to say that I've been reading The Road. I wrote out some of my thoughts in this week's Substack post.

This one is heavier and more raw than normal. You can blame Cormac McCarthy if you'd like.

#faith #apocalypse #cormacmccarthy
February 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I don’t have many (any) political answers to the sweeping changes to immigration policy we've seen this past week, but I am grieved that so many of us in the Christian church seem to be missing the heart of Christ in these conversations. So, I wrote about it.
The Foreigner Residing Among You
I am mostly trying to let go; to focus more on my local community and network of relationships, to make an impact where I can and release the rest into God’s hands. Sometimes, however, I find myself d...
open.substack.com
January 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Congratulations to the JWHC's own Dr. Lanta Davis! I know her!
December 3, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Reposted by Logan Hoffman
Next #ThanksgivingGiveaway: It only gets better!

Like *and* repost by Friday, Nov 29, at 10 a.m. Eastern for a chance to win this Plough hoodie! ⬇⬇
November 27, 2024 at 5:43 PM
More from me over on substack, this time on churches and renewal and whether "becoming a movement again" is even a particularly good goal for a denomination.

open.substack.com/pub/deolaude...
November 26, 2024 at 9:51 PM
New Kendrick just before the holiday? God is good.
November 22, 2024 at 8:40 PM
I'm thinking a bit this week (over on my substack) about my own tendency to avoid conflict by sticking to the Center, at least publicly.

open.substack.com/pub/deolaude...

#theology #newtobluesky
Middle Ground
Is the Center the best place for Christians?
open.substack.com
November 20, 2024 at 8:31 PM