Title: Theology's epistemological dilemma : how Karl Barth and Alvin Plantinga provide a unified response /
Authors: Diller, Kevin, 1971-; Plantinga, Alvin
Year: 2014
Subjects: Barth, Karl,; Plantinga, Alvin; Philosophical theology.; Philosophy and religion.; Knowledge, Theory of (Religion); Christian philosophy
Abstract: "In Theology's Epistemological Dilemma, Kevin Diller addresses this problem by drawing on two of the most significant responses in recent Christian thought : Karl Barth's theology of revelation and Alvin Plantinga's epistemology of Christian belief. Diller offers a reading of each as complementary to the other : Barth provides what Plantinga lacks in theological depth, while Plantinga provides what Barth lacks in philosophical clarity. Diller presents a unified Barth / Plantinga proposal for theological epistemology capable of responding without anxiety to the questions that face believers today." -- Back Cover
Contents: What Is the Epistemic Problem? -- Barth's Theology of Revelation: for Us and for Our Salvation -- Barth's Engagement with Philosophy: a Theo-foundational Epistemology -- Plantinga's Christian Philosophizing and Warrant -- Plantinga's Epistemology of Christian Belief: the Warrant of Revelation -- Summarizing Interlude: the Unified Barth/Plantinga Approach to Christian Theological Epistemology -- Theology and Reason: Natural Theology and the Reformed Objection -- Faith and Revelation: What Constitutes a Genuine Human Knowledge of God? -- Scripture and Theology: Warrant and Normativity of Scripture?