Christian Belief in a Postmodern World: The Full Wealth of Conviction

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Diogenes Allen
Westminster John Knox Press, Jan 1, 1989 - Religion - 238 pages

This book provides a philosophical argument for the reasonableness of Christian faith in today's world. Diogenes Allen shows how Christian belief is now being supported by scientific and philosophical principles--perhaps for the first time in 300 years.

 

Selected pages

Contents

Chapter One The Christian Roots of Modern Science
23
Chapter Two Has Science Replaced God?
35
Chapter Three The Order of the World Points
50
Chapter Four The Existence of the World Points
64
Chapter Five The Need for God and the Book of Nature
85
Chapter Seven The Reasonableness of Faith
128
Chapter Eight Reason and Revelation
149
Chapter Nine Divine Agency in a Scientific World
165
Chapter Ten A Christian Theology of Other Faiths
185
Chapter Eleven Incarnation in the Gospels
197
Notes
217
Index
233
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About the author (1989)

Diogenes Allen is Stuart Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey. He is the author of a number of books including Christian Belief in a Postmodern World: The Full Wealth of Conviction.

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TitleChristian Belief in a Postmodern World: The Full Wealth of Conviction
EditorDiogenes Allen
PublisherWestminster John Knox Press, 1989
ISBN0804206252, 9780804206259
Length238 pages
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