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-- |
Contents
Knowledge and Belief Plato | 1 |
Faith Abraham | 35 |
Faith Seeing Understanding St Augustine | 57 |
Augustine Vision or Proof? | 85 |
Faith Seeding Understanding Conclusion | 107 |
The Universal Awareness of God John Calvin | 143 |
Property Basic Beliefs Alvin Plantinga | 175 |
Prepared to Make a Defense The Apostle Peter | 203 |
Epilogue | 235 |
Works Cited | 245 |
Index | 251 |
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Faith and Reason from Plato to Plantinga: An Introduction to Reformed ... Dewey J. Hoitenga Jr. No preview available - 1991 |
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