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Journal articles on the topic "Presuppositional apologetics"
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Setiawan, Andry. "Apologetika Prasuposisional Triperspektivalisme John M. Frame dan Aplikasinya terhadap Pemikiran Kristen Pluralis tentang Pluralisme Agama di Indonesia." Veritas : Jurnal Teologi dan Pelayanan 17, no. 1 (June 1, 2018): 61–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.36421/veritas.v17i1.306.
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Pluralisme menjadi kesadaran baru yang menganggap bahwa semua keyakinan memiliki kesamaan secara umum satu dengan yang lain. Implikasinya, tidak ada satu pun agama yang boleh mengklaim bahwa ia adalah satu-satunya keyakinan yang paling benar di antara agama-agama lainnya. Indonesia sebagai negara pluralis juga menghadapi problematika pluralisme agama. Dalam menghadapi ini, muncul pemikiran Kristen pluralis yang menekankan persamaan di antara agama-agama sehingga meniadakan keunikan kekristenan: Kristus dan karya keselamatan-Nya benar sedangkan agama lainnya salah. Tulisan ini akan mengenalkan model berapologetika yang membela keunikan iman Kristen di tengah tantangan pemikiran Kristen yang pluralis tentang pluralisme agama di Indonesia: apologetika prasuposisional triperspektivalisme John M. Frame yang diuraikan melalui apologetika konstruktif (normatif), defensif (eksistensial), dan ofensif (situasional).
Kata-kata kunci: Apologetika, Prasuposisional, Triperspektivalisme, John M. Frame, Aplikasi, Pluralisme Agama
Pluralism exhibits a new awareness that assumes that all beliefs have general similarity when compared one with another. As a result, there is no religion that can claim that it has the claim to ultimate truth when compared with a host of other options. Indonesia, as a pluralistic nation, exhibits the challenges of religious pluralism. Because of that reality, there are frameworks of Christian thought that have arisen that emphasize the similarity of several religions which erodes and ultimately eliminates the uniqueness of Christianity. However, Jesus Christ and his work of salvation is absolutely true and the other religions are false. This article will introduce an apologetic model that can be used to defend the uniqueness of the Christian faith among the challenges of religious pluralistic thought in Indonesia. John M. Frame’s triperspectivalism presuppositional apologetics is proferred and developed through constructive apologetics (normative), defensive apologetics (existential), and offensive apologetics (situational).
Keywords: Apologetics, Presuppositional, Triperspectivalism, John M. Frame, Application, Religious Pluralism
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Matalu, Muriwali Yanto. "THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE VAN TILLIAN METHOD IN APOLOGETICS WITH AN EXAMPLE OF ARGUMENT TO MUSLIMS." VERBUM CHRISTI: JURNAL TEOLOGI REFORMED INJILI 3, no. 2 (September 7, 2017): 284–304. http://dx.doi.org/10.51688/vc3.2.2016.art5.
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Presuppositional apologetics has become a main alternative (or competitor?) for the classical apologetics which maintains evidences. Although its emergence occurred within the Reformed tradition, particularly through the effort of Cornelius Van Til and Gordon Clark, its significance goes beyond the Reformed tradition. Even the contemporary evangelical apologist, Ravi Zacharias, also utilizes presuppositional apologetics which he combines with evidentialistic method. This fact is hardly denied when we read his book "Jesus among Other Gods." Thus, the main concern of this article is regarding the significance of the presuppositional apologetics particularly in its Van Tillian form. After presenting an exposition on this method, we will see its application toward Muslims' concept of God and the idea of uniformity.
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오승성. "Toward Postfoundational Apologetics: Beyond Cornelius Van Til’s Presuppositional Apologetics." Korean Jounal of Systematic Theology ll, no. 37 (December 2013): 283–317. http://dx.doi.org/10.21650/ksst..37.201312.283.
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Roach, William C. "Historical or Presuppositional Apologetics: A Henrecian Response to Michael Licona’s New Historiographical Approach." Perichoresis 17, no. 3 (July 1, 2019): 43–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/perc-2019-0021.
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Abstract Two cross-currents from the twentieth century have affected evangelical apologetics: apologetic methodology and Carl F. H. Henry. Henry was considered the dean of American evangelicalism, who shaped the movement by providing a rational and propositional apologetic. Henry also engaged the issues in the midst of a larger question of apologetic methodology, primarily, between presuppositionalists and evidentialists. This article continues to address the two cross-currents by offering a Henrecian evaluation of Michael Licona’s new historiographical approach to defending the resurrection. In particular, the article attempts to evaluate Licona’s evidentialist approach through the lens of Henry’s presuppositional approach.
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Frame, John, and Steve Hays. "Johnson on Van Til: A Rejoinder." Evangelical Quarterly 76, no. 3 (May 4, 2004): 227–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/27725472-07603003.
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John Johnson has taken the position that Van Tilian apologetics can at most prove a generic theism, but not Christian theism. He further alleges that a Muslim apologist could just as well deploy a presuppositional defense because, in Johnson’s opinion, Van Tilian apologetics offers no way to broker rival religious claims. His final contention is that the presuppositional method robs the Christian apologist of appeal to the Resurrection, in direct contravention of NT practice. It is the contention of this paper that Johnson’s critique suffers from a scanty acquaintance with the relevant literature and a sim plistic overview of the alternatives.
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Otto, Randall. "Renewing our Mind: Reformed Epistemology and the Task of Apologetics." Evangelical Quarterly 88, no. 2 (April 26, 2017): 111–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/27725472-08802002.
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The presuppositional approach of Cornelius Van Til draws on the epistemological ideas found in Herman Bavinck and Abraham Kuyper to bring Reformed epistemology and its application to apologetics into line with its Calvinist foundations. This transcendental approach accents the ultimacy of God for all knowledge over against the Kantian transcendental critique which, with its accent on autonomy, forms the basis for all approaches to knowledge that do not start with the necessity of the revelation of God in creation and Scripture. The Christian cannot by his method deny what God’s Word has made clear to him, that he is dependent on God for all truth, meaning, and coherence.
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Lillback, Peter. "THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FAITH AND REASON IN JOHANNINE THEOLOGY: A BIBLICAL AFFIRMATION OF PRESUPPOSITIONAL APOLOGETICS." VERBUM CHRISTI: JURNAL TEOLOGI REFORMED INJILI 1, no. 2 (September 6, 2017): 78–133. http://dx.doi.org/10.51688/vc1.2.2014.art3.
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Through a study from biblical-theological perspective, that is a study of Johannine theology, the writer reconciles a classical controversy between faith and reason. The main question is whether the revelational propositions are discoverable only because God has spoken it or that man may also find those revelational propositions?through a philosophical exploration. Through the study of Johannine theology, the writer affirmed the significance of presuppositional apologetic.?
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Johnson, John J. "Is Cornelius Van Til’s Apologetic Method Christian, or Merely Theistic?" Evangelical Quarterly 75, no. 3 (April 16, 2003): 257–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/27725472-07503004.
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This paper compares J. W. Montgomery’s evidentialist approach to apologetics to Cornelius Van Til’s presuppositional approach. My position is that Van Til’s system is only theistic; it may support the existence of ‘God,’ but it does not prove the existence of the Christian God. In fact, Van Til’s method could just as easily be used by a Muslim apologist to assert the validity of Islam. This is because Van Til refuses to allow objective evidence to have any place in Christian apologetics. Because of this, he offers the non-theist no way of judging between the truth claims of Christianity and other religions. In fact, the most powerful weapon in the Christian apologist’s arsenal, the resurrection of Christ, cannot be used in an effective manner. This is in direct contradiction to the New Testament itself, where the resurrection is often used evidentially to validate the Christian faith.
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Gauch, Hugh G. "Public Presuppositions for Christian Apologetics." Philosophia Christi 17, no. 1 (2015): 189–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/pc201517111.
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Sell, Alan. "Confessing the Faith in the Intellectual Context." Journal of Reformed Theology 1, no. 2 (2007): 132–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156973107x197329.
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AbstractIn this paper an account is offered of a project concerning the prolegomena to Christian apologetics. Two historical soundings are discussed that, between them, raise the questions of the starting-point and content of Christian apologetics. The primary Christian confession and the identity of the confessors are considered, and the challenges to apologetics from within and without the church are noted. The presuppositions concerning transcendence, immanence, and history are discussed, as are the traditional starting-points of reason, faith, and experience. The conclusion is that Christian apologetics will take the form of a reasoned eclecticism that sets out from, and is compatible with, God's saving act in Christ.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Presuppositional apologetics"
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Belcher, Bradley S. "A critical study of John Frame's views on presuppositional apologetics." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2008. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p006-1571.
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Ryan, Jack R. "Presuppositional apologetic models of the transcendental argument." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.
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Mittelberg, Mark T. "A critical analysis of the epistemological starting points in presuppositional apologetics." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1988. http://www.tren.com.
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Duboisée, de Ricquebourg Martin Kevin Michael. "Origin of species or specious origins? : a reformed presuppositional apology to Darwin's origin of species and descent of man / M.K.M. Duboisée de Ricquebourg." Thesis, North-West University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4562.
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Charles Darwin has achieved both notoriety and fame for his evolutionary ideas encapsulated principally in The Origin of Species and The Descent of Man. Although credited for much originality in his writings, Darwin's legacy borrowed extensively from many who had propounded similar speculations centuries before him. His naturalistic argument for origin and species reveals both logical and theological problems with his thesis, and further unavoidable ramifications. The contention is that even Darwin himself could not, and did not, live by the ideas he boldly espoused. His ideas, if true, would destroy the very basis upon which his thesis depended. His evolutionary paradigm had to take for granted a world he could give no account for. Yet his antipathy of Biblical Christianity, and its God, inspired him to pursue his personal naturalistic agenda with little regard to the logical consequences. Modern evolutionary science may look back today with pride on its founder, Charles Darwin, yet the problems which were intrinsic to his thesis remain unanswered yet.Thesis (M.Th. (Dogmatics))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011.
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Tussing, Rodney W. "Beyond postliberalism : an historical and theological assessment of presuppositional apologetics in conversation with the theologians of the 'Yale School'." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.429469.
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Defining the Christian message and articulating how it should be presented to the world has been debated by Christian theologians for centuries. Conservative and liberal formulations of Christian doctrine, its meaning, and how it should be applied have been unavoidable, with the epistemological issues being paramount. A theological strategy, apologetics, as a major bearer of the meaning of Christianity to the world, has been tremendous responsibility for defending the Christian view against its critics. Historically, several methodologies have been devised to establish the veracity of the Christian position and its claim regarding the nature of reality with varying degrees of success. It is the intent of this research project to investigate the validity of the more popular methodologies. An influential voice in the Christian community, the “Yale School” theologians, contends that, given the current epistemological climate, there is no longer a place nor a logical basis for a systematic defence of the Christian view. They argue that, due to the twentieth century epistemological revolution, the Christian faith (which has constructed its defence on a collapsed foundational epistemology) has not fared well against modern alternative worldviews. Moreover, the apologetic methods employed by Christian theologians have assumed the same fundamental cognitive structure as their critics for determining the ultimate nature of reality. As a result, since the eighteenth century Enlightenment, Christianity has experienced a decline and has been largely marginalized by secularism and other religious views. Attempts by apologists to defend the biblical claims have been largely ineffective. This research project will explore how the Christian view has been defended against those critics since the Protestant Reformation and whether, given the contemporary pluralistic world, a systematic defence of Christianity is still a viable theological strategy. The cognitive structures of both liberal and conservative Christianity, with respect to theories of knowledge, will be assessed in light of the current dialogue with theology and philosophy. Through conservation with the Yale School theologians, it will be shown that a presuppositional methodology offers a tenable defence of the Christian view suitable for a postmodern context.
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Freeman, Travis Allen. "Preaching to Provoke a Worldview Change: Tim Keller's Use of Presuppositional Apologetics in Preaching." Diss., 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10392/3949.
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PREACHING TO PROVOKE A WORLDVIEW CHANGE:
TIM KELLER'S USE OF PRESUPPOSITIONAL APPOLOGETICS IN PREACHING
Travis Allen Freeman
Doctorate of Philosophy
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
2011
Hershael W. York
This dissertation examines the preaching methodology of Tim Keller. It argues that a decline has taken place in the biblical worldview in America, and that preachers need to rethink how they communicate the gospel to their congregations. It contains four primary chapters which defend this argument. In the chapter titled "The Decline of the Biblical Worldview" the argument for the decline of Christianity in America is set forth. It examines several statistical studies and articles which point to the reality of this decline. It also sets forth scientific naturalism as the religion that has replaced Christianity as the driving worldview in America.
The next chapter then begins to set forth the preaching methodology of Tim Keller. Keller preaches in such a way that he engages the secular, naturalistic worldview common in America. This chapter explains Keller's basic sermon structure, and the several elements of his preaching. It builds the framework within which Keller can then do worldview deconstruction. The chapter also shows how Keller seeks to lead people to worship God through stirring their affections for Christ.
After building this framework, the dissertation then shows how Keller utilizes presuppositional apologetics in preaching to attack unbelieving worldviews. This chapter provides a brief overview of presuppositional apologetics, and then explains how Keller incorporates it in his preaching.
The final content chapter of this dissertation Summarizes and critiques several sermons preached by Keller. This chapter examines several strengths and weaknesses of his approach, encouraging preachers to apply his principles to their own preaching ministries.
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Tilak, Pradeep. "A Christian Worldview Apologetic Engagement with Advaita Vedanta Hinduism." Diss., 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10392/4513.
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This dissertation applies the principles of Worldview apologetics to engage Advaita Vedanta Hinduism with the biblical responses of Christianity.
Chapter 1 introduces the biblical mandate for apologetics, reviewing the contemporary apologetic scene. It highlights methodological principles in Worldview apologetics.
Chapter 2 introduces Vedanta Hinduism through the teachings of Sankara, Ramanuja, and Madhva.
Chapter 3 examines Christian rapprochement and antithesis with Vedanta Hinduism. The apologist applies Worldview apologetics in understanding the access points and biblical dividing lines.
Chapter 4 commences the apologetic engagement with proof. The Advaitin presents the monistic worldview and the ultimate reality, otherwise known as Brahman. The foundational Christian worldview is represented with the scriptures, God, man, and his salvation in Jesus Christ.
Chapter 5 addresses the offense part of apologetics. The adherents of each worldview contrast their viewpoints against the viewpoint of the other system. Vedanta's monism, impersonal reality, inclusivity, and rationality are contrasted with Christianity's historic self-revelation of God to man.
Chapter 6 handles apologetic defense through the lens of experience, epistemology, and correspondence with reality. The Hindu worldview has transcending experience, supra-rational epistemology, and deep coherence. The Christian admits a transitory universe, which has no existence as a contingent creation, apart from God.
Chapter 7 reviews Worldview apologetic practice under metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics. These deal with the ontology of reality in its manifestations and our understanding of the truth. It concludes with how we live out this knowledge today.
Chapter 8 addresses the personal, rather than technical tone of apologetics. Kierkegaard's engagement of the stubborn will helps us understand the radical nature of convictions. After presenting the Gospel worldview, the Vedanta position is shown to be impossible from those very paths that the Hindu trusts.
Chapter 9 culminates the study of Gospel-centered apologetics. The Gospel forms the core of the apologetic encounter, in content and methodology. This dissertation opens the venue for more sound arguments to be built around the Gospel and to tear down false worldviews.
Chapter 10 makes final recommendations on practical Christian apologetics to Hindus. A biblically self-aware approach is commended to honor God in the defense of the faith.
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Braun, Guilherme. "A trinitarian modal-spherical method of apologetics : an attempt to combine the vantilian method of apologetics with reformational philosophy / Guilherme Braun." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/11530.
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The task of a reformed apologetics is the application of both theology and philosophy in the confrontation with unbelievers, bridging the gap between the natural man and the Gospel of Christ and trying to do justice to the multi-aspectual, existential and constitutive sides of created reality. In the Festschrift of Cornelius Van Til, two well-known reformational philosophers, Herman Dooyeweerd of the Netherlands and Hendrik Stoker of South Africa, among others, discussed with Van Til the methodology of Christian apologetics (Jerusalem and Athens 1971: viii).
The investigation focus on the reflections of Dooyeweerd and Stoker on Van Til’s method, which attempted to break away from classical methods and to reform apologetics biblically. Thence, constructive criticisms, methodological integration of reformational insights and the opening up of new avenues of apologetic discourse follows after a structural evaluation of the dialogue between the three thinkers, leading to a Trinitarian, Modal-spherical method (TMSA) of apologetics, while still presupposing the biblical and triune essence of Van Til’s pressuppositional apologetics. After absorbing and integrating inter-related elements in its Trinitarian framework, the new method of apologetics will be introduced to broader Christianity via two integralist accounts of traditional Christian philosophy, both inspired by an interpretation Neo-Thomism, which in many respects correspond to the Neo-Calvinist vision. So that after non-dualistically expanding TMSA’s methodological foundation and scope of interaction non-, it can be briefly introduced to other nuances of apologetics at the final step of the thesis, in the hope of contributing for the ongoing reformation of the Church and its apologetic endevour.MA (Missiology), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014
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Taljaard, Lonngren. "An analysis of the nature, effectiveness, and reliability of the Bahnsenian method of Presuppositional Apologetics when applied to the South African context / Lonngren Taljaard." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/15937.
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The debate amongst Christian apologists regarding which apologetical method is most useful, continues, and church history not only testifies to this fact, but also displays the variety of ways in which apologetics has been approached by theologians of old (Craig, et all., 2000:7). Closer analyses of the Presuppositional method of Apologetics sheds cardinal light on this debate, and offers possible conclusions and recommendations regarding the way forward for Apologetics (Bahnsen, 1998:467). The nature, effectiveness and reliability of Presuppositionalism become evident through careful analyses of the Bahnsenian method. The views of two South-African opponents of Christianity are apologetically evaluated with the Bahnsenian method. So doing, the Presuppositional method as interpreted by Bahnsen is not only proven effective, but also indispensable to the defence of orthodox Christianity also in South Africa.MTh (Missiology), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2015
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Scholtz, Izak Human. "Die rol van voorveronderstellings in die denke van Van Til en Stoker toegepas op vertrekpunte in die Apologetiek / Izak Human Scholtz." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/11973.
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The purpose of reformed apologetics is to defend the Christian faith against heresy.However, this is not all. Reformed apologetics also wants to give a convincing answer why the Christian view is the real hope for mankind (see 1 Peter 3:15).Other that differ from this life and world view, do it mostly based on a different starting point. Although finer points are debated between parties, the starting point, including presuppositions, are always somewhere in the background.
Van Til4 and Stoker5, two famous Reformed thinkersof the last century (respectively theological and philosophical), in contact with other made their presuppositions part of their apologetic discussions. This agreement in approach and method emerges in the Festschrift for Van Til, when Stoker (1971:28-71) proposes a connection between his and Van Til’s methods, and when Van Til in turn responds positively.
This study will focus on what role these two thinkers’ presuppositions play in their apologetic conversation. It eventually comes to important guidelines regarding the place and role of presuppositions in conversations of Christians across a broad scientific front with those who hold other points of departure.MTh (Missiology), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014
Books on the topic "Presuppositional apologetics"
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Mayers, Ronald B. Balanced apologetics: Using evidences and presuppositions in defense of the faith. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 1996.
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Presuppositional Apologetics Examines Mormonism: How Van Til's Apologetic Refutes Mormon Theology. Outskirts Press, 2007.
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Robinson, Michael A. The Necessary Existence of God: The Proof of Christianity Through Presuppositional Apologetics. BookSurge Publishing, 2006.
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Moriarty, Michael. Pascal: Reasoning and Belief. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198849117.001.0001.
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The book is a study of Pascal’s defence of Christian belief in the Pensées. It aims to expound, and in places to criticize, what it argues (drawing on existing scholarship about the history of the text) is a coherent and original apologetic strategy. It sets out the basic philosophical and theological presuppositions of his project, drawing the distinction between convictions attained by reason and those inspired by God-given faith. It sets out his view of the contradictions within human nature, between the ‘wretchedness’ (our inability to live the life of reason, to attain secure and durable happiness) and the ‘greatness’ (the power of thought, manifested in the very awareness of our wretchedness). His mind–body dualism and his mechanistic conception of non-human animals are discussed. Pascal invokes the biblical story of the Fall and the doctrine of original sin as the only credible explanation of these contradictions. His analysis of human occupations as powered by the twin desire to escape from painful thoughts and to gratify one’s vanity is subjected to critical examination, as is his conception of the self and self-love. Pascal argues that, just as Christianity propounds the only explanation for the human condition, so it offers the only kind of happiness that would satisfy our deepest longings. He thus argues that we have an interest in investigating its truth-claims as rooted in the Bible and in history. The closing chapters discuss his view of Christian morality and the famous ‘wager’ argument for opting in favour of Christian belief.
Book chapters on the topic "Presuppositional apologetics"
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Berry, Jessica N. "Sextan Skepticism and the Rise and Fall of German Idealism." In Epistemology After Sextus Empiricus, 154–72. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190946302.003.0008.
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The importance of skepticism for the development of German Idealism is by now widely acknowledged. But the history of Idealism has been narrated chiefly by scholars sympathetic to its ambitions and arguments. To that extent, it has been an interested history, constructed in a predominantly apologetic spirit. Historical work pursued in this spirit, however, runs the risk of producing (and reproducing) vindicating narratives, whose dominance can obscure the visibility and downplay the viability of competing (in this case, skeptical) positions. This chapter challenges the soundness of the vindicating narrative by examining the impact and significance of the polemical work Aenesidemus, published anonymously in 1792 by G. E. Schulze, which reanimated a form of Greek skepticism uniquely outfitted to cut to the very heart of German Idealism. Schulze not only disputed the success of its arguments, but called into question fundamental, guiding presuppositions that the Idealists were not obviously equipped to defend.