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2Reason in the service of faith: collected essays of Paul HelmRoutledge/Taylor & Francis Group. 2023.Paul Helm is a distinguished philosopher, with particular interests in the philosophy of religion. His work covers some of the most important aspects of the field as it has developed in the last thirty years with particular contributions to metaphysics, religious epistemology and philosophical theology. In celebration of Helm's life's work, Reason in the Service of Faith brings together a range of his essays which reflect these central concerns of his thought. Over thirty of Helm's selected essa…Read more
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9Augustine's Confessions: Critical EssaysRowman & Littlefield Publishers. 2006.Unique in all of literature, the Confessions combines frank and profound psychological insight into Augustine's formative years along with sophisticated and beguiling reflections on some of the most important issues in philosophy and theology. The essays contained in this volume, by some of the most distinguished recent and contemporary thinkers in the field, insightfully explore Augustinian themes not only with an eye to historical accuracy but also to gauge the philosophical acumen of Augustin…Read more
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8GoodnessIn Charles Taliaferro, Paul Draper & Philip L. Quinn (eds.), A Companion to Philosophy of Religion, Wiley‐blackwell. 2010.This chapter contains sections titled: Works cited.
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30Time and Time Again: Two Volumes by William Lane CraigReligious Studies 38 (4). 2002.The two books make a notable contribution in drawing together many of the philosophical problems about time, and the associated literature. The expositions are also valuable for their interdisciplinary strengths, especially in the history and philosophy of science and (to a lesser extent) in theology, and for the clarity and thoroughness of Craig's approach. However, the two books do not present, as might at first appear, a side by side exposition of the respective strengths and weaknesses of th…Read more
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61Time and time again: Two volumes by William Lane Craig William Lane Craig the tensed theory of time: A critical examination. Synthese library volume 293. (Dordrecht: Kluwer academic publishers, 2000). Pp. V+287. £78.00 (hbk). ISBN 0792366344. William Lane Craig the tenseless theory of time: A critical examination. Synthese library volume 294. (Dordrecht: Kluwer academic publishers, 2000). Pp. V+256. £65.00 (hbk). ISBN 0792366352 (review)Religious Studies 38 (4): 489-498. 2002.The two books make a notable contribution in drawing together many of the philosophical problems about time, and the associated literature. The expositions are also valuable for their interdisciplinary strengths, especially in the history and philosophy of science and (to a lesser extent) in theology, and for the clarity and thoroughness of Craig's approach. However, the two books do not present, as might at first appear, a side by side exposition of the respective strengths and weaknesses of th…Read more
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1NotebookPhilosophy 70 (n/a): 138. 1995.//static.cambridge.org/content/id/urn%3Acambridge.org%3Aid%3Aarticle%3AS0031819100042212/resource/name/firstPage-S0031819100042212a.jpg.
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40Belief PoliciesCambridge University Press. 1994.How do we form and modify our beliefs about the world? It is widely accepted that what we believe is determined by evidence, and is therefore not directly under our control; but according to what criteria is the credibility of the evidence established? Professor Helm argues that no theory of knowledge is complete without standards for accepting and rejecting evidence as belief-worthy. These standards, or belief-policies, are not themselves determined by evidence, but determine what counts as cre…Read more
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6Faith, form, and fashion: classical reformed theology and its postmodern criticsCascade Books. 2014.This is a detailed examination of the theological innovations of Kevin Vanhoozer and John Franke. Each proposes that doctrinal and systematic theology should be recast in the light of postmodernity. No longer can Christian theology be foundational, or have a stable metaphysical and epistemological framework. Vanhoozer advocates a theo-dramatic reconstruction of Christian doctrine, replacing the timeless propositions of the "purely cerebral theology" of the Reformed tradition in favor of a theolo…Read more
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Evil and Christian classical theismIn W. Paul Franks (ed.), Explaining Evil: Four Views, Bloomsbury Academic. 2019.
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8Rationality and Religious TheismRoutledge. 2003.Throughout the ages one of the central topics in philosophy of religion has been the rationality of theistic belief. This book proposes that parties on both sides of this debate might shift their attention in a different direction, by focusing on the question of whether it is rational to be a religious theist. Explaining that having theistic beliefs is primarily a cognitive affair but being a religious theist involves a whole way of life that includes one's beliefs, Golding argues that it can be…Read more
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18Divine Causation and AnalogyRoczniki Filozoficzne 70 (1): 107-120. 2022.Quentin Smith’s idea is that God being the originating cause of the universe is logically inconsistent with all extant definitions of causation, and thus logically impossible. Thus, for example the God of the Philosophers couldn’t have created the Universe, not even in both its senses, in both literal and analogical senses. The thesis is advanced by accounts of the usual views of “cause”. It is maintained these is successful. Such I shall then offer an account of divine causation of my own, and …Read more
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41Eternal God: A Study of God Without TimeOxford University Press. 1988.Paul Helm presents a new, expanded edition of his much praised 1988 book Eternal God, which defends the view that God exists in timeless eternity. Helm argues that divine timelessness is grounded in the idea of God as creator, and that this alone makes possible a proper account of divine omniscience.
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4Human and Divine Agency: Anglican, Catholic and Lutheran PerspectivesPhilosophia Christi 2 (1): 120-121. 2000.