The Doctrine of the Trinity is one of the most important pieces of orthodox Christian theology, having been with the Church since its earliest days. The first known use of the Greek word "trias" was by Theophilus of Antioch in the late second century, and the first use of the Latin word "trinitas" was by Tertullian in the early third century, each translating ...
Alvin Plantinga, now 80, is professor emeritus at the University of Notre Dame and has taught at Calvin College and Wayne State University, when it was a hotbed for analytic philosophy. He studied at Calvin College, Harvard, the University of Michigan, and received his PhD from Yale. He has been a visiting professor at Harvard, Chicago, Michigan, ...
As alluded to several times in past posts, a major interest of the writers of this blog is the origin of the universe, the earth, and mankind. Specifically, the relationship between the historical sciences and the book of Genesis is a subject by which we are both fascinated. In this post, I plan to give my view on a topic that is often brought up in discussions ...
From time to time, I hope to discuss some of the philosophical conundrums that currently plague philosophers. And defining knowledge is one of the chiefest. It is perhaps the main point of contention in the world of epistemology. Epistemology is the study of knowledge, rationality, and justification. While metaphysics - the study ...
Reasonable Faith, the organization of Dr. William Lane Craig, has recently made an animated video on the Kalam Cosmological Argument. The KCA argues for the existence of a first cause of the universe, which it posits as God. We plan on doing some extensive writing on the KCA in the future, based on the section of the Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology with the same name. In the meantime, ...
