Faith and Reason from Plato to Plantinga: An Introduction to Reformed EpistemologyThis book traces the historical lineages of Alvin Plantinga's religious epistemology from Plato through Augustine and Calvin. It focuses upon this epistemology as a philosophical interpretation of what is generally taken to be a narrow theological doctrine. The author provides a textually based and closely reasoned introduction to the epistemological ideas of Plato, Augustine, Calvin, Plantinga, and several other writers and shows the continuity of a certain approach to the knowledge of God; it may be called the Platonic—Augustinian—Reformed (or Calvinist) approach. |
Contents
Abraham | 35 |
Divine Faith vs Knowledge of God in the Bible | 50 |
Vision or Proof? | 85 |
Faith Seeking Understanding Considered as Vision | 98 |
John Calvin | 143 |
Alvin Plantinga | 175 |
The Apostle Peter | 203 |
Epflogue | 235 |
| 247 | |
| 255 | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Faith and Reason from Plato to Plantinga: An Introduction to Reformed Epistemology |
| Author | Dewey J. Hoitenga Jr. |
| Publisher | State University of New York Press, 1991 |
| ISBN | 1438406932, 9781438406930 |
| Length | 263 pages |
| Subjects | › Philosophy / General |
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