Towards a Realist Conception of Theology
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Towards a Realist Conception of Theology

An Account Based on the Works of Bavinck and Plantinga

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eBook - ePub

Towards a Realist Conception of Theology

An Account Based on the Works of Bavinck and Plantinga

About this book

An account Based on the Works of Bavinck and Plantinga

Is it possible for human beings to know something about God? Is it possible to formulate theological propositions that are true? Or is theology limited to the formulation of human beliefs?

The aim of this book is to augment the contemporary case for a realist conception of theology: It a rms the possibility of knowing something about God and argues on that basis that it is possible to formulate propositions that are true. It does so by bringing together the works of the early twentieth-century Dutch theologian Herman Bavinck (1854-1921), and those of the contemporary American philosopher Alvin Plantinga (b. 1932).

Among other results, both philosophical and theological, this book offers a better understanding of the role of theology as a truth-seeking discipline, in church, academy, and society.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2026
eBook ISBN
9781040910559
Topic
Theology & Religion

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Chapter 1: Realism and Theology: Background, Scope and Relevance
  9. Chapter 2: Herman Bavinck’s Defense of a Realist Conception of Theology
  10. Chapter 3: Alvin Plantinga’s Theory of Warrant and Realist Theology
  11. Chapter 4: A Realist Conception of Theology for the Contemporary Western Context
  12. Bibliography
  13. Index of Names
  14. Index of Subjects

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