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7Recent textbooks and anthologies in the philosophy of religionPhilosophical Books 16 (3): 10-15. 1975.
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4Theism and FreedomNeue Zeitschrift für Systematicsche Theologie Und Religionsphilosophie 21 (2): 139-149. 1979.
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19Fact and moral value—a comment on dr hudson’s paper: Paul HelmReligious Studies 5 (2): 140-144. 1969.In the first part of his paper, Dr Hudson argues that the distinction between between facts and values is eroded because there are some factual statements from which moral judgments do follow; and secondly he argues that there is a non-contingent connexion between beliefs about man and what it is intelligible to approve of or disapprove of morally. Both these conclusions are argued for tentatively and with reservation. In this comment I want to discuss three of the many issues Dr Hudson raises, …Read more
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135Book Reviews : God's Call: Moral Realism, God's Commands and Human Autonomy, by John E. Hare. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2001. x + 122 pp. hb. £9.99. ISBN 0-8028-3903-7 (review)Studies in Christian Ethics 16 (1): 92-94. 2003.
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31Calvin at the CentreOxford University Press. 2009.An exploration of the consequences of various ideas in the thought of John Calvin, and the influence of his ideas on later theologians. The emphasis is on philosophical ideas within Calvin's theology, dealing in turn with epistemological, metaphysical, and ethical issues. Helm provides a fresh perspective on Calvin's theological context and legacy.
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20Calvin and Bernard on freedom and necessity: A reply to Brümmer: Paul HelmReligious Studies 30 (4): 457-465. 1994.It is argued that Calvin does not veer between two incompatible accounts of grace, freedom and necessity in Institutes II . 2, but presents a consistent position. The consistency is evident once it is seen that Calvin carefully distinguished between necessity and compulsion . For him not all necessitated acts are compelled, but all human acts which are the outcome of efficacious divine grace are necessitated by that grace. Because Calvin is consistent, there is no need to suppose that he has mis…Read more
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148God, compatibilism, and the authorship of sinReligious Studies 46 (1): 115-124. 2010.Peter Byrne has presented arguments against the effectiveness of two 'defensive strategies' deployed in my books Eternal God and The Providence of God respectively. These strategies were originally presented to support the cogency of 'theological compatibilism' by arguing against the claims that it is inconsistent with human responsibility, and that it entails that God is the author of sin. In this present article the author offers a number of clarifications to his original thesis and argues tha…Read more
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51Speaking and revealingReligious Studies 37 (3): 249-258. 2001.I argue on three distinct grounds that the contrast between speaking and revealing is nothing like so sharp as Wolterstorff maintains in Divine Discourse. Speaking may be revealing: in speaking a person may reveal much about himself. Putative divine speaking can only be made intelligible given a background of what I refer to as INIS revelation, and in revealing, or more exactly, in having revealed, God may still speak.
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21Rationality and Theistic Belief: An Essay on Reformed Epistemology (review)International Philosophical Quarterly 35 (1): 98-100. 1995.
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48Faith and understandingWm. B. Eerdmans. 1997.In Part One Paul Helm provides a general discussion of these themes, seeking both to contextualize the debate and to engage with contemporary philosophical discussion of the relation between faith, reason and understanding. Part Two contains five case studies that illustrate the work of seminal figures in the tradition. They include treatments of Augustine on time and creation, Anselm on the ontological argument and the necessity of the atonement, Jonathan Edwards on the nature of personal ident…Read more
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33Vincent Brummer. What Are We Doing When We Pray? Pp. 138. (London: S.C.M., 1984.) £5.95 (review)Religious Studies 21 (3): 421-423. 1985.
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154John Calvin, the sensus divinitatis, and the noetic effects of sinInternational Journal for Philosophy of Religion 43 (2): 87-107. 1998.
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13Time and TrinityIn Robin Le Poidevin (ed.), Questions of Time and Tense, Clarendon Press. pp. 251. 1998.