Vol. 6 No. 1 (2025): 70 Years of Tense-Logic
Articles

Prior as Naphtali: Christian commentator and pseudonymous Christian public intellectual

Mike Grimshaw
University of Canterbury

Published 13-01-2025

Keywords

  • A.N. Prior,
  • theology,
  • public-intellectual,
  • Presbyterianism,
  • Catholicism,
  • Politics,
  • Philosophy,
  • Belief,
  • New Zealand
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How to Cite

Grimshaw, M. (2025). Prior as Naphtali: Christian commentator and pseudonymous Christian public intellectual. Logic and Philosophy of Time, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.54337/lpt.v6i1.9940

Abstract

During 1951-1952 Arthur Prior wrote a column of firstly public comment, and then, in 1952, theological discussion under the nom-de plume Naphtali of the Outlook, the magazine of the New Zealand Presbyterian Church. This article discusses these columns, putting them in a wider discussion of Prior’s life, thought and Christian beliefs; and his early work in New Zealand as a public thinker.

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