Reason within the Bounds of Religion / Edition 2

by Nicholas Wolterstorff

Overview

Expanding 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802816047
Publisher:	Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Publication date:	06/01/1988
Edition description:	Subsequent
Pages:	161
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.39(d)

About the Author

Nicholas Wolterstorff is Noah Porter Professor Emeritus of Philosophical Theology at Yale University. Before going to Yale he taught philosophy at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for thirty years. His other books include Justice in Love, Educating for Shalom, The God We Worship, and Lament for a Son.

Table of Contents

	Preface to the Second Edition	9
	Preface to the First Edition	11
Part I	Faith and Theory	13
1	Some historical examples of control beliefs	15
2	The question posed	21
3	Radical harmonizing	23
4	Foundationalism	28
5	Difficulties in explaining what constitutes justification of theory by foundation	35
6	Difficulties in finding enough propositions to belong to the foundation	46
7	What has not been claimed	56
8	Will the Bible save foundationalism?	58
9	The structure of theory-weighing	63
10	Authentic Christian commitment	71
11	How authentic commitment ought to function in theorizing	76
12	The application of this theory of theorizing to theology	85
13	The impact of theorizing on commitment	92
14	Is faith a condition for knowledge?	98
15	Some unanswered questions	101
16	The need for theories which suggest research programs	105
17	The challenge	107
Part II	Theory and Praxis	109
18	Learning for shalom	111
19	Justifications for theorizing	117
20	Choice-principles for the scholar	128
21	Two alternative views	136
22	A concluding objection	144
	Notes	147