The Reconstruction of the Christian Revelation Claim
Author: Stuart Cornelius Hackett
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group (MI)
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9780801042836
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The Reconstruction of the Christian Revelation Claim
Author: Stuart C. Hackett
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2009-01-07
Total Pages: 353
ISBN-13: 1606083678
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Dr. Hackett provides, in digestible form, a comprehensive, systematic, and pervasively philosophical apologetic for the Christian revelation claim. Although the approach is seriously philosophical, the text is free as possible of the earmarks of technical scholarship--reflecting the author's aspiration to reach the common person who has a deep interest in such questions. Thus, although positions, arguments, and counter-arguments are discussed (of necessity), these are set forth without distracting encumbrances. Specifically, this book is designed as a substantial textbook for college and seminary courses in apologetics. In his thorough introduction, Philosophical Prolegomena, a firm base for the whole study is established by initiating the reader firmly in epistemology and the concept of revelation. The main divisions are: -- Christiainity and the Revelation Cosmos: A Philosophical Case for a Theistic Metaphysic. -- Christianity and the Revelational Person: An Historical / Critical Case for the Incarnation of God in Jesus Christ. -- Christianity and the Revelational Word: The Propositional Expression of Revelation in Scripture. Dr. Hackett includes on every page parallel marginal summaries and outlines to guide the reader and to facilitate ready reference.
Reconstruction in Theology
Author: Henry Churchill King
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Published: 2013-09
Total Pages: 52
ISBN-13: 9781230237572
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VIII THE INFLUENCE OF THE HISTORICAL AND LITERARY CRITICISM OF THE BIBLE I. AS CONCERNS THE NEW TESTAMENT Of the mainly intellectual influences on theology, the most important must be that of historical criticism, for Christianity is, and claims to be, preeminently a historical religion. The general outcome of historical and literary criticism so far as it concerns the New Testament is certainly thought to be reassuring, --to have given us stronger and better reasons for our faith in Christ. Very few, probably, would question that Christianity as a historical religion is in a far more defensible position now than sixtyfive years ago It would not be at all true to say that traditional views concerning the New Testament have not changed within this period; they have changed, --greatly and on many points. Doubtless, too, the battle in the New Testament field is not done, as the determined efforts still making in many quarters to eliminate the miraculous plainly show; with this question we have already dealt. But, taking full account of all questions that in any fairness may be considered still open, it cannot be doubted that the result of the constant discussion since Strauss' Life of Jesus, in 1835, has been to make clearer than ever the solid historical basis of Christianity, and the incomparable position of Christ as the supreme person of history. And with the meaning of this latter fact for theology we shall have later to deal. The question that is just now of seeming greater concern to the Church is the application of essentially the same historical and literary criticism to the books of the Old Testament. And, if it is the business of a theologian to recognize especially the difficulties of his own times, the theologian of.
Revelation
Author: Richard Swinburne
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: 2007-07-26
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 0191526487
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The great religions often claim that their books or creeds contain truths revealed by God. How could we know that they do? In the second edition of Revelation, renowned philosopher of religion Richard Swinburne addresses this central question. But since the books of great religions often contain much poetry and parable, Swinburne begins by investigating how eternal truth can be conveyed in unfamiliar genres, by analogy and metaphor, within false presuppositions about science and history. In the final part of the book, Swinburne then applies the results of Parts I and II to assessing the evidence that the teaching of the Christian Church constitutes a revelation from God. In the course of his philosophical exploration, Swinburne considers how the church which Jesus founded is to be identified today and presents a sustained discussion of which passages in the Bible should be understood literally and which should be understood metaphorically. This is a fuller and entirely rewritten second edition of Revelation, the most notable new feature of which is a long chapter examining whether traditional Christian claims about personal morality (divorce, homosexuality, abortion, etc.) can be regarded as revealed truths. A formal appendix shows how the structure of evidence supporting the Christian revelation can be articulated in terms of the probability calculus (and shows that Plantinga's well-known argument from 'dwindling probabilities' against probabilistic arguments of this kind is not cogent).
The Rediscovery of the Highest Good
Author: Stuart C. Hackett
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2009-03-01
Total Pages: 420
ISBN-13: 1725244659
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Stuart Hackett's The Rediscovery of the Highest Good, originally handwritten in spiral notebooks, is a masterwork of philosophical ethics that guides readers through 2300 years of discourse on the issue of morality, from Plato through Kierkegaard and Nietzsche. "It is the destiny of every human person to decide," Hackett opens. "Whether our choices are genuinely free or inevitably determined, invariably trivial or occasionally momentous, carelessly settled or reflectively reasoned, at least in one sense all this makes no difference: for the one thing about which persons have no choice is that we unavoidably and necessarily must choose, and cannot therefore escape our responsibility to do so." From this matter-of-fact beginning, Hackett builds a coherent case for "a modified teleological position" while providing fleeting personal glimpses into his "lifelong romance with philosophical contemplation." From the opening page, all the arguments are set down in a steady line of development, aimed unerringly toward a preconceived goal. At various points Hackett's summations produce a cerebral satisfaction that could almost be described as aesthetic, a kind of sheer intellectual pleasure akin to beauty. Recovery of the Highest Good is the culmination of forty years of reflection from a theistic perspective and is likely to be an invaluable handbook for inquirers in future generations.
Theology in Reconstruction
Author: Thomas F. Torrance
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 1996-12-19
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 1579100244
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A collection of fifteen essays addressing the basic intellectual challenges to the contemporary Christian church. Professor Torrance deals with such topics as the centrality of Christology in scientific dogmatics, the Reformed and Roman Catholic doctrines of grace, theological education, the relation of theological statements to scientific methodology, the contemporary significance of some past theological giants, and the nature and significance of the Holy Spirit and of the church.
The Possibility of Salvation Among the Unevangelized
Author: Daniel Strange
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2007-01-01
Total Pages: 401
ISBN-13: 1597527769
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In the area of systematics known as the theology of religions, those who affirm the particularity of Christ in terms of truth, revelation, and salvation have always had to deal with the problem of the unevangelized: those who have never heard of Christ through no fault of their own. For evangelical theologians this issue impinges on fundamental tenets of evangelical identity. Recently the fate of the unevangelized has received detailed attention from evangelicals, and has been fiercely debated because of the wider doctrinal issues it raises. The position known as inclusivism has been most fully developed by Clark H. Pinnock, an influential and controversial evangelical theologian, known as being the leading spokesman of Arminianism and a new theistic paradigm entitled the trinitarian openness of God. Through a detailed analysis and critique of his work, this book examines a cluster of issues surrounding the unevangelized and its implications for Christology, soteriology, and evangelical identity.
A Wideness in God's Mercy
Author: Clark H. Pinnock
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 0310535913
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Offers "new possibilities of interpretation for religious pluralism." Covers topics like God's global reach in salvation, a Christology of Grace, and how Scripture views other religions.
Rehabilitating Inerrancy in a Culture of Fear
Author: Carlos R. Bovell
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2012-02-20
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13: 1725245949
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The notion that the Bible is inerrant in everything it teaches is something those with conservative upbringings are conditioned to take for granted. However, after being exposed to scholarship in biblical studies and other disciplines, some draw the unexpected conclusion that inerrancy as a doctrine is in dire need of serious revamping. Unfortunately, inerrantist politics and culture are making the constructive, restorative process impossible to intitiate. In Rehabilitating Inerrancy in a Culture of Fear, Carlos Bovell offers a synoptic overview of the issues to be addressed if inerrancy is to survive as a viable bibliological option.
God the Son Incarnate
Author: Stephen J. Wellum
Publisher: Crossway
Published: 2016-11-16
Total Pages: 475
ISBN-13: 1433517868
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Nothing is more important than what a person believes about Jesus Christ. To understand Christ correctly is to understand the very heart of God, Scripture, and the gospel. To get to the core of this belief, this latest volume in the Foundations of Evangelical Theology series lays out a systematic summary of Christology from philosophical, biblical, and historical perspectives—concluding that Jesus Christ is God the Son incarnate, both fully divine and fully human. Readers will learn to better know, love, trust, and obey Christ—unashamed to proclaim him as the only Lord and Savior. Part of the Foundations of Evangelical Theology series.
