Reason Within the Bounds of ReligionExpanding on his 1976 study of the bearing of Christian faith on the practice of scholarship, Wolterstorff has added a substantial new section on the role of faith in the decisions scholars make about their choice of subject matter. |
Contents
Preface to the Second Edition | 9 |
Preface to the First Edition | 11 |
Faith and Theory | 13 |
Some historical examples of control beliefs | 15 |
The question posed | 21 |
Radical harmonizing | 23 |
Foundationalism | 28 |
Difficulties in explaining what constitutes justifica tion of theory by foundation | 35 |
What has not been claimed | 56 |
Will the Bible save foundationalism? | 58 |
The structure of theoryweighing | 63 |
Authentic Christian commitment | 71 |
How authentic commitment ought to function in theorizing | 76 |
The application of this theory of theorizing to theology | 85 |
The impact of theorizing on commitment | 92 |
Is faith a condition for knowledge? | 98 |
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