Our Knowledge of God

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vi

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Kelly James Clark

      Pages 1-13

3. The Rationality of Religious Belief

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15

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   2. Evidence Against Anti-Evidentialism

      • Norman Kretzmann

      Pages 17-38

   3. Epistemic Probability and Evil

      • Alvin Plantinga

      Pages 39-63

4. The Rational Grounds of Religious Belief

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65

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   2. Reference and the Refutation of Naturalism

      • Peter Forrest

      Pages 67-85

   3. The Place of Experience in the Grounds of Religious Belief

      • William P. Alston

      Pages 87-112

5. Reason and Relevation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113

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   2. Revelation

      • Richard Swinburne

      Pages 115-130

6. The Attributes of God

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131

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   2. Divine Simplicity

      • Nicholas Wolterstorff

      Pages 133-149

   3. Prophecy, Freedom and Middle Knowledge

      • Thomas P. Flint

      Pages 151-165

   4. Hold not thy Peace at my Tears

      • Kelly James Clark

      Pages 167-193

7. Divine Benevolence and the Problem of Eternal Punishment

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-195

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   2. Julian of Norwich on the Tender Loving Care of Mother Jesus

      • Marilyn McCord Adams

      Pages 197-213

   3. The Scope of Human Autonomy

      • George N. Schlesinger

      Pages 215-223

8. Back Matter

   Pages 225-230

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Natural theology is the project of articulating, defending and CntlClzmg arguments for the existence and nature of God without the aid of special revelation. Philosophical theology, which employs the rational methods of natural theology, is not restricted to premises that are discernible through observation and reason; it may rightly employ premises that are knowable through special revelation. While the project of natural theology may be construed as an attempt to demonstrate God's existence, one cannot ignore the importance of using reason or experience to understand, determine or assess attributes. One will want to know at the conclusion of a proof in natural God's theology if one has proved the existence of God and not merely the prim urn mobilum, source of moral obligation or a committee of finite designers; while God may be the prime mover and designer of the cosmos, none of these attributes alone is sufficient for making a claim to divinity. It is, therefore, difficult to distinguish sharply the project of natural theology from philosophi­ cal theology. The project of classical natural theology has been the attempt to prove God's existence and nature with arguments that employ premises that all rational creatures are obliged to accept.

• Renaissance
• autonomy
• care
• experience
• freedom
• issue
• knowledge
• liberty
• natural theology
• nature
• philosophy
• probability
• rationality
• reason
• theology

• Calvin College, Grand Rapids, USA

  Kelly James Clark

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