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7Philosophical Reflection on Revelation and ScriptureIn Charles Taliaferro, Paul Draper & Philip L. Quinn (eds.), A Companion to Philosophy of Religion, Wiley‐blackwell. 2010.This chapter contains sections titled: Historical Background Current Trends New Directions Additional recommended readings.
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Revelation and reasonIn Ingolf U. Dalferth & Michael Ch Rodgers (eds.), Revelation: Claremont Studies in the Philosophy of Religion, Conference 2012, Mohr Siebeck. 2014.
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10The Oxford Handbook of the Epistemology of Theology (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2017.It considers the epistemology of theology and features 42 chapters, divided into 4 sections on 'Theology Relative Epistemic Concepts' and 'General Epistemic Concepts as Related to Theology', and on studies of individual theologians from St Paul through to Hans Urs von Balthasar and of contemporary movements such as Liberation Theology and Feminism.
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13How to Play Theological Ping-Pong, Collected Essays on Faith and ReasonReligious Studies 28 (3): 431-432. 1992.
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16The rationality of religious belief: essays in honour of Basil Mitchell (edited book)Oxford University Press. 1987.These essays represent an important contribution to modern philosophical theology. They begin with an appreciation of Basil Mitchell's work and then discuss the role of reason in the justification of Christian theism, giving special attention to the nature of informal reasoning in religion and science. The latter essays examine particular arguments raised by specific religious concepts, covering such topics as the problem of evil, conspicuous sanctity, atonement, and the Eucharist. Drawn from a …Read more
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10The Oxford Handbook of the Epistemology of Theology (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2017.This work features forty-one original essays which reflect a broad range of perspectives and methodological assumptions. It focuses on standard epistemic concepts that are usually thought of as questions about norms and sources of theology. Furthermore it explores general epistemic concepts that can be related to theology. Each chapter provides an analysis of the crucial issues and debates while identifying and articulating the relevant epistemic considerations. This work will stimulate future r…Read more
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57The epistemology of Jesus : an initial investigationIn Paul K. Moser (ed.), Jesus and Philosophy: New Essays, Cambridge University Press. 2008.
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128The Epistemological Significance of the Inner Witness of the Holy SpiritFaith and Philosophy 7 (4): 434-450. 1990.This paper seeks to explore the significance of a specific kind of religious experience for the rationality of religious belief. The context for this is a gap between what is often allowed as rational and what is embraced as certain in the life of faith. The claim to certainty at issue is related to the work and experience of the Holy Spirit; this experience has a structure which is explored phenomenologically. Thereafter various ways of cashing in the epistemic value of the purported claim to c…Read more
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1“The ChurchIn Charles Taliaferro & Chad Meister (eds.), The Cambridge companion to Christian philosophical theology, Cambridge University Press. 2010.
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28Review of Kevin Timpe (ed.), Metaphysics and God: Essays in Honor of Eleonore Stump (review)Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2010 (8). 2010.
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16Response to Professors Long, Smith, and BeilbyPhilosophia Christi 10 (2): 363-373. 2008.Canonical theists insist that the Church initially canonized a Trinitarian ontology, leaving epistemic convictions to speak for themselves. Pursuing epistemology is a vital exercise in its own right. Within this, particularism is compatible with metaknowledge, with a doctrine of analogy, and with the propositional content of Christian theism. We can also build on past insights and accommodate ordinary believers who have no idea what epistemology is. This program overlaps with the work of Plantin…Read more
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10Divine Agency and Divine Action, Volume I: Exploring and Evaluating the DebateOxford University Press. 2017.This study lays the groundwork for a constructive contribution to the contemporary debate regarding divine action. It charts the history of debate about divine action among key Anglophone philosophers of religion, and observes that they were largely committed to this erroneous understanding of divine action as a closed concept.
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6Divine Agency and Divine Action, Volume Ii: Soundings in the Christian TraditionOxford University Press. 2017.This volume argues that in order to understand divine action, one must begin with the array of specific actions predicated of God in the Christian tradition.
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5Divine Agency and Divine Action, Volume Iii: Systematic TheologyOxford University Press. 2018.Volume III of a tetralogy devoted to Divine Agency and Divine Action articulates a comprehensive vision of systematic theology focused on divine action from creation to eschatology.
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5Canon and Criterion in Christian Theology: From the Fathers to FeminismOxford University Press UK. 2002.'This is an unusually ambitious book... a considerable achievement. It raises important issues, and affords many valuable insights in the course of its historical reflections.' -Maurice Wiles, Journal of Theological Studies 'Every issue and thinker is expounded clearly and concisely, with attention always drawn to strengths as well as weaknesses. To this non-specialist the argument was always accessible and regularly persuasive.' -The Expository TimesCanon and Criterion in Christian Theology pro…Read more
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17Confessing Christ: A Quest for Renewal in Contemporary ChristianityInterpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology 51 (2): 117-129. 1997.As mainline Protestantism increasingly accommodates to contemporary cultural forms, the confessing movement of the United Methodist Church (and other traditions) has a key role to play, lifting high the rich canonical heritage of the church universal
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1Cumulative Case Arguments for Christian TheismIn William J. Abraham & Steven W. Holtzer (eds.), The Rationality of Religious Belief: Essays in Honour of Basil Mitchell, . pp. 17--37. 1987.
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4A Theology of Evangelism: The Heart of the MatterInterpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology 48 (2): 117. 1994.
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ChurchIn Charles Taliaferro & Chad Meister (eds.), The Cambridge companion to Christian philosophical theology, Cambridge University Press. 2010.