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48From Existence to God: A Contemporary Philosophical ArgumentPhilosophical Books 34 (1): 59-60. 1993.
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22The Cambridge History of Medieval PhilosophyBritish Journal for the History of Philosophy 18 (5): 944-947. 2010.This Article does not have an abstract
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30God and the Approval of SinReligious Studies 20 (2). 1984.Having clarified certain conceptual matters with regard to God's relation to sin and evil, Professor Brümmer considers the two propositions that God could be the author of any state of affairs that he does not approve of, and that God could approve of any state of affairs which is evil. Brü mmer argues that both these are logically impossible, the first because it would be a sign of weakness in God, and the second because God's will is the ultimate standard of goodness
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1Reid and 'Reformed'epistemologyIn Joseph Houston (ed.), Thomas Reid: Context, Influence, Significance, Dunedin Academic Press. 2004.
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18Foreknowledge and PossibilityCanadian Journal of Philosophy 6 (4). 1976.Professor Holt's comments fall into two parts. He begins by raising some objections to the tentative rejection, in my paper, of the distinction between ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ facts. He then goes on to offer an argument to show that my defence of the incompatibility of divine foreknowledge and human freedom fails, or is at least seriously questionable. For brevity I shall concentrate on his remarks on foreknowledge as I do not think that his interesting discussion of the distinction between ‘hard’ and…Read more
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25Divine commands and morality (edited book)Oxford University Press. 1982.Using data from the Household Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-HC), this Statistical Brief presents health insurance estimates for the Hispanic population by subgroups and U.S. citizenship status. An examination of these estimates reveals dramatic disparities in insurance coverage within the Hispanic population due to differences in eligibility for public programs and access to private coverage.
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25The Providence of GodIntervarsity Press. 1993.Paul Helm introduces the doctrine of divine providence--focusing on metaphysical and moral aspects and especially noting divine control, providence and evil, and the role of prayer. In the Contours of Christian Theology.
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86Augustine’s griefsFaith and Philosophy 20 (4): 448-459. 2003.The paper begins by describing two episodes of personal grief recounted by Augustine in the Confessions, that at the death of an unnamed friend and thatat the death of his mother, Monica. It is argued that Augustine intended to show that the earlier fried, and an early phase of his grief for his mother, were sinful. However, contrary to arecent account of Augustine's grief, it is argued (by an examination of the later phase of his grief for his mother) that Augustine does not hold that it is wro…Read more
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26HOITENGA, DEWEY J. Faith and Reason from Plato to Plantinga (review)Philosophy 67 (n/a): 407. 1992.
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73Faith with reasonOxford University Press. 2000.Paul Helm investigates what religious faith is and what makes it reasonable.
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1504Eternity and Vision in BoethiusEuropean Journal for Philosophy of Religion 1 (1). 2009.Boethius and Augustine of Hippo are two of the fountainheads from which the long tradition of regarding God’s existence as timelessly eternal has flowed, a tradition which has influenced not only Christianity, but Judaism and Islam, too. But though the two have divine eternality in common, I shall argue that in other respects, in certain crucial respects, they differ significantly over how they articulate that notion
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20Calvin and Bernard on Freedom and Necessity: A Reply to BrümmerReligious Studies 30 (4). 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