Tag Archives: Alvin Plantinga

C. S. Lewis, Alvin Plantinga, and the Free-Will Defense

Posted on 5 October 2021 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Why did God create a world filled with evil and horrific violence? In the midst of World War II, C. S. Lewis offered what has become a classic Christian response: God created things which had free will. That means creatures which … Continue reading →

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Doing Faithful Biblical Criticism

Posted on 4 March 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel

How do we learn who Jesus of Nazareth “really” was? The question assumes that there was in fact a historical person named Jesus. Jesus’ existence has been contested in the past; but I doubt there are many serious historians today … Continue reading →

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C. S. Lewis, Alvin Plantinga, and the Free-Will Defense

Posted on 26 December 2016 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Why did God create a world filled with evil and horrific violence? In the midst of World War II, C. S. Lewis offered what has become a classic Christian response: God created things which had free will. That means creatures which … Continue reading →

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Perfect Being Theology, Theistic Personalism, and the Eclipse of the Apophatic

Posted on 30 May 2016 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Readers of this blog will by now be well-acquainated with the term “theistic personalism.” It was coined by Brian Davies to describe what he believes to be a problematic understanding of divinity, commonly advanced by analytic philosophers. He specifically names … Continue reading →

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Faithful Biblical Criticism

Posted on 11 April 2014 by Fr Aidan Kimel

How do we learn who Jesus of Nazareth “really” was? The question assumes that there was in fact a historical person named Jesus. Jesus’ existence has been contested in the past; but I doubt there are many serious historians today … Continue reading →

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