Epistemology As Theology: An Evaluation of Alvin Plantinga’s Religious Epistemology

Alvin Plantinga is arguably one of the most influential philosophers of our time. Much of his career has been devoted to explaining and defending the intellectual acceptability of Christian belief. Recently he has developed a comprehensive, rigorous, and distinctively Christian religious epistemology. This book presents the development of Plantinga''s religious epistemology before considering Plantinga''s mature religious epistemology in detail. Locating Plantinga''s most recent work in the context of his theological assumptions, his previous work on religious epistemology, and in the context of the current debate over how knowledge should be characterized, Beilby blends theological and philosophical discussion to offer a unique perspective on Plantinga''s influential proposal.

James Beilby is Assistant Professor of Theology at Bethel College, USA.