Table of Contents

A Guide to "Theological Letters"

Audio Content

• The Nathan Jacobs Podcast

  • Does God Know the Future? | Contrasting East & West

  • Cliffe & Stuart Knechtle on Orthodoxy | Defining the East-West Divide

  • God & the Fate of Judas, Natural Disasters, and Other Evils | Your Questions on the Problem of Evil

  • The Problem of Evil | The Fall, Demons, Animal Pain, & the 8th Day of Creation (6 of 6)

  • The Problem of Evil | The Purpose of Creation (5 of 6)

  • The Problem of Evil | Providence in the Eastern Church Fathers (4 of 6)

  • The Problem of Evil | Groundwork for an Eastern Patristic Theodicy (3 of 6)

  • The Problem of Evil | On the Complexity of Divine Choice (2 of 6)

  • The Problem of Evil | Free Will, Divine Will, & A World Without Sin (1 of 6)

  • Can the Rich Be Saved? | Wealth, Asceticism, & Salvation

  • Misunderstanding Mystery | The Place of Philosophy in Orthodoxy

  • Hollywood Taxidermy | The Rise of the IP Serial Killer

  • Is God Truly Hidden | The Problem of Divine Hiddenness (3 of 3)

  • Is Non-Resistant Unbelief in God Possible? | The Problem of Divine Hiddenness (2 of 3)

  • The Problem of Evil | Free Will, Divine Will, & A World Without Sin (1 of 3)

  • Is Non-Resistant Unbelief in God Possible? | The Problem of Divine Hiddenness (2 of 3)

  • Is Rational Unbelief in God Possible? | The Problem of Divine Hiddenness (1 of 3)

  • The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly of Storytelling | The Taxidermy of Hollywood

  • The Virgin Mary, Grinch Slayer | Christian Tradition & the Devil - AND Christmas Longing

  • Fated or Free | The Mechanics of Choice

  • Darwin, Adoption, & Double Effect

  • Ghosts, Aliens, and Hades | Encounters With the Spiritual Realm

  • Archetypes, Inspiration, & Christianity - A Reply to the Peterson-Dawkins Debate

  • Paranormal Case Files | Behind the Scenes of The Conjuring

  • The Sin of Self-Actualization | Werewolves, Mummies, & Doppelgangers

  • Elon, Help! Let's Make LOGIC Great Again

  • The Ideology of Hell | Nominalism & the Liberation of the Individual

  • Longing, Nostalgia, & Spiritual Simplicity

  • The Healing Power of Beauty - A Heterodox Guide to Trauma

  • Ontology and Religious Art - My Appearance on PBS

  • The AI Episode - Art, Consciousness, and the New Ouija

  • The Great Toilet Paper Debate - a Metaphysician Weighs in

  • Aliens, Giants, & Other Lore - the Modern Quest for Re-Enchantment

  • Why I'm a Realist - Confessions of a Former Nominalist

  • The Rise & Fall of the Religiously Unaffiliated - Why They Leave, Why They Return

  • The Anatomy of the Religiously Unaffiliated - Exploring the Beliefs of the “Nones”

  • Dr. Jacobs Answers Your Questions - June Q&A Episode

  • The Myth of Enlightenment - On the Rise and Fall of Reason

  • Liberalism and the Demise of the West - A Reply to Tucker’s Dugin Interview

  • Language and Cultural Appropriation - A Metaphysician’s Assessment

  • On God’s Essence and Energies - Divine Simplicity?

  • The Nathan Jacobs Podcast - The Most Important Question

• Other Podcast Appearances

  • For Those Who Like Podcasts

• Audioletters

  • Audioletter: On Free Will

  • Audioletter: On Apokatastasis & Universal Salvation

  • Audioletter: On Magic and Sacrament

  • Audioletter: Why would God Make the Damned?

  • Audioletter: The Eastern Patristic View of the Soul

  • Audioletter: On Prayer to the Saints

  • Audioletter: Hell, Hades, and Christ’s Descent (1 of 2)

  • Audioletter: Hell, Hades, and Christ’s Descent (2 of 2)

  • Audioletter: My Journey to Orthodoxy (1 of 2)

  • Audioletter: My Journey to Orthodoxy (2 of 2)

  • Audioletter: On Belief in Fairies

About Me

• My Journey to Orthodoxy (1 of 2)

• My Journey to Orthodoxy (2 of 2)

• On Art, Film, and “Aesthetic Cognitivism” — an Interview

Dogmatic Theology

• A Brief History of Predestination (1 of 4)

• A Brief History of Predestination (2 of 4)

• A Brief History of Predestination (3 of 4)

• A Peculiar Feature of Providence

• A Brief Word on Providence

• Why Would God Make the Damned?

• Hell, Hades, and Christ’s Descent (Part 1)

• Hell, Hades, and Christ’s Descent (Part 2)

• On Apokatastasis and Universal Salvation

• The Eastern Patristic View of the Soul through the Eighth Century

• On Mary, the Mother of God (1 of 2)

• On Predestination, John Piper, and the New “Calvinists”

• Can Jesus Sin? The Gnomic Will and Maximus the Confessor

• Begotten, Not Made (1 of 4)

• Begotten, Not Made (2 of 4)

• Begotten, Not Made (3 of 4)

• Begotten, Not Made (4 of 4)

• Athanasius of Alexandria

• Calvin on Apostasy and Temporary Faith (1 of 3)

• Calvin on Apostasy and Temporary Faith (2 of 3)

Practical Theology

• A Brief Word on Providence

• To A Woman Who Lost Several Children

• On Prayer to Saints

• Eucharist Theories & Christology

• On Magic and Sacrament

• Why is Mary Called “Mediatrix” in Eastern Orthodox Theology?

• John of Damascus’ Defense of Icons: A Catalyzing Article

• Were the Earliest Christians Iconoclasts?

• On the Divine Liturgy and Images of New Realities

• Are Inaccurate Images of Christ Not Images of Christ?

• On the Meaning of “Biblical” & Whether Clergy Celibacy is Biblical

Religious Epistemology

• Freud’s Critique of Religion (1 of 2)

• Freud’s Critique of Religion (2 of 2)

• On Belief in Fairies

Philosophy

• On Free Will

• Postscript on Free Will

• On the Problem of Evil

• Leibniz, Classical Theism, and the Problem of Evil

• My Leibniz Book: Leibniz, Classical Theism, and the Problem of Evil - Complete

• Does Christianity Have Metaphysical Commitments? (1 of 2)

• Does Christianity Have Metaphysical Commitments? (2 of 2)

• Reflections on the Ontological Argument: Is it Nicene?

• God-World Relations: Are the Eastern Church Fathers Panentheists?

Art & Pop Culture

• Can AI Create Art?

• An Honest Assessment of “Lady Ballers”

• Some Thoughts on “Rings of Power” (1 of 2)

• Some Thoughts on “Rings of Power” (2 of 2)

• On Art, Film, and “Aesthetic Cognitivism” — an Interview