Return to reason : a critique of Enlightenment evidentialism, and a defense of reason and belief in God /
Clark, Kelly James, 1956-,
Return to reason : a critique of Enlightenment evidentialism, and a defense of reason and belief in God / Kelly James Clark. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : Eerdmans, (c)1990. - ix, 158 pages ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
[Part One] Proving God's existence : problems and prospects. The cosmological argument ; The argument from design ; God and probability ; The nature of proof ; Evangelical apologetics -- [Part Two] God and evil. Evil and design ; The problem stated ; Theodicy or defense? ; Plantinga's free will defense ; Too much evil? ; Job's warning ; The existential problem of evil -- [Part Three] The irrelevance of evidentialism : God--hypothesis or person? W. K. Clifford : the ethics of belief ; William James : the will to believe ; C. S. Lewis : on obstinacy in belief ; Alvin Plantinga : God and other minds -- [Part Four] Return to reason : the irrationality of evidentialism. The structure of believings ; Faith and foundationalism ; Foundationalism founders ; Belief in God as properly basic ; Reid and rationality ; A defense of belief in God as properly basic ; Fideism? ; Conclusion : the rationality of my grandmother.
9780802804563
90031016
Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.
Faith and reason.
Theodicy.
Knowledge, Theory of (Religion)
Enlightenment.
BT50 / .R488 1990 BT50
Return to reason : a critique of Enlightenment evidentialism, and a defense of reason and belief in God / Kelly James Clark. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : Eerdmans, (c)1990. - ix, 158 pages ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
[Part One] Proving God's existence : problems and prospects. The cosmological argument ; The argument from design ; God and probability ; The nature of proof ; Evangelical apologetics -- [Part Two] God and evil. Evil and design ; The problem stated ; Theodicy or defense? ; Plantinga's free will defense ; Too much evil? ; Job's warning ; The existential problem of evil -- [Part Three] The irrelevance of evidentialism : God--hypothesis or person? W. K. Clifford : the ethics of belief ; William James : the will to believe ; C. S. Lewis : on obstinacy in belief ; Alvin Plantinga : God and other minds -- [Part Four] Return to reason : the irrationality of evidentialism. The structure of believings ; Faith and foundationalism ; Foundationalism founders ; Belief in God as properly basic ; Reid and rationality ; A defense of belief in God as properly basic ; Fideism? ; Conclusion : the rationality of my grandmother.
9780802804563
90031016
Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.
Faith and reason.
Theodicy.
Knowledge, Theory of (Religion)
Enlightenment.
BT50 / .R488 1990 BT50