Faith and Reason from Plato to Plantinga: An Introduction to Reformed Epistemology

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SUNY Press, Jan 1, 1991 - Religion - 263 pages
This 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

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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Dewey J. Hoitenga, Jr. is Professor of Philosophy at Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan.

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