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Three Views On Creation And Evolution (Paperback)
Stanley N. Gundry; Edited by (general) J.P. Moreland, John Mark Reynolds; Contributions by Paul Nelson, Robert C. Newman, …
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For Christians, the issues raised by the different views on
creation and evolution are challenging. Can a "young earth" be
reconciled with a universe that appears to be billions of years
old? Does scientific evidence point to a God who designed the
universe and life in all its complexity? Three Views on Creation
and Evolution deals with these and similar concerns as it looks at
three dominant schools of Christian thought. Proponents of young
earth creationism, old earth creationism, and theistic evolution
each present their different views, tell why the controversy is
important, and describe the interplay between their understandings
of science and theology. Each view is critiqued by various
scholars, and the entire discussion is summarized by Phillip E.
Johnson and Richard H. Bube. The Counterpoints series provides a
forum for comparison and critique of different views on issues
important to Christians. Counterpoints books address two
categories: Church Life and Bible and Theology. Complete your
library with other books in the Counterpoints series.
What does it take to live a meaningful life? Why are so many people
in affluent nations so anxious and unhappy? What difference does
believing in God really make? Does belief in the God of the Bible
truly make sense today? In this revised edition of The God
Question, philosopher J. P. Moreland invites us on a journey to a
rich, flourishing life. He digs into the causes of our cultural
crisis of unhappiness and considers how the God revealed in Jesus
provides the most rational solution to our deepest needs. With
special sensitivity to skeptics, seekers, and Christians who are
disenchanted with their faith, he helps us see the Christian
story-its reasonableness and its relevance-in fresh ways. For
anyone wrestling with big questions about life and faith, Moreland
provides insight from his many years of philosophical studies and
his own experience as a Christian. Filled with personal stories,
this book explores evidence for the existence of God, the
reliability of the Gospels, essentials of a flourishing Christian
life, the reality of miracles, and more. This edition features a
new section on overcoming anxiety and depression. Wherever you are
on your journey, The God Question will help you see anew what
difference Jesus makes in a human life.
A singularly powerful and rigorous argument in favor of modern
substance dualism In The Substance of Consciousness: A
Comprehensive Defense of Contemporary Substance Dualism, two
distinguished philosophers deliver a unique and powerful defense of
contemporary substance dualism, which makes the claim that the
human person is an embodied fundamental, immaterial, and unifying
substance. Multidisciplinary in scope, the book explores areas of
philosophy, cognitive science, neuroscience, and the sociology of
mind-body beliefs. The authors present the most comprehensive,
up-to-date, and rigorous non-edited work on substance dualism in
the field, as well as a detailed history of how property and
substance dualism have been presented and evaluated over the last
150 years. Alongside developing new and updated positive arguments
for substance dualism, they also discuss key metaphysical notions
and distinctions that inform the examination of substance dualism
and its alternatives. Readers will also find: A thorough
examination of the recent shift away from standard physicalism and
the renaissance of substance dualism Comprehensive explorations of
the likely future of substance dualism in the twenty-first century,
including an exhaustive list of proposed research projects for
substance dualists Practical discussion of new and rigorous
critiques of significant physicality alternatives, including
emergentism and panpsychism. Extensive treatments of philosophy of
mind debates about the roles played by staunch/faint-hearted
naturalism and theism in establishing or presuming methodology,
epistemic priorities, and prior metaphysical commitments Perfect
for professional philosophers, The Substance of Consciousness will
also earn a place in the libraries of consciousness researchers,
philosophical theologians, and religious studies scholars.
When we encounter human suffering or personal tragedy, Christians
and non-Christians alike utter the same refrain: Where is God? If
God exists, then where in the world is he? Why doesn't he show
himself? And how can we tell if God is really working or not? Tim
Muehlhoff gives us insight into recognizing how God is at work in
the world. He unpacks the doctrine of common grace to uncover how
God works in ways that we don't always realize. If we have a
limited idea of what divine action looks like-dramatic answers to
prayer, healings with no medical explanation, financial needs being
met unexpectedly-then we miss seeing how God acts through common
grace in ordinary, everyday ways such as antibiotics, financial
planners, and thoughtful friends. Muehlhoff offers dozens of
illustrations from contemporary culture to help us understand and
communicate how God is present and acting in the world today.
Discover how God cares for our troubled world as he gives you the
eyes to see.
Philosophy is for everyone. We think philosophically whenever we
ask life's big questions: What is real? How do we know what we
know? What is the right thing to do? What does it mean to be human?
How should we view science and its claims? Why should we believe
that God exists? Philosophy is thinking critically about questions
that matter. But many people find philosophy intimidating, so they
never discover how invaluable it can be in engaging ideas, culture,
and even their faith. Garrett DeWeese and J. P. Moreland understand
these challenges, and in this book they apply their decades of
teaching experience to help to make philosophy a little less
difficult. Using straightforward language with plenty of everyday
examples, they explain the basics needed to understand
philosophical concepts-including logic, metaphysics, epistemology,
ethics, philosophical anthropology, and philosophy of science. This
second edition includes new chapters on aesthetics and philosophy
of religion, as well as updated content on some current issues in
philosophy. Ultimately, DeWeese and Moreland argue, developing a
philosophically informed worldview is absolutely critical for
Christians and for the future of the church. Students, pastors,
campus workers, and ordinary Christians will all benefit from this
user-friendly guide.
In Consciousness and the Existence of God, J.P. Moreland argues
that the existence of finite, irreducible consciousness (or its
regular, law-like correlation with physical states) provides
evidence for the existence of God. Moreover, he analyzes and
criticizes the top representative of rival approaches to explaining
the origin of consciousness, including John Searlea (TM)s
contingent correlation, Timothy Oa (TM)Connora (TM)s emergent
necessitation, Colin McGinna (TM)s mysterian "naturalism," David
Skrbinaa (TM)s panpsychism and Philip Claytona (TM)s pluralistic
emergentist monism. Moreland concludes that these approaches should
be rejected in favor of what he calls "the Argument from
Consciousness."
In Consciousness and the Existence of God, J.P. Moreland argues
that the existence of finite, irreducible consciousness (or its
regular, law-like correlation with physical states) provides
evidence for the existence of God. Moreover, he analyzes and
criticizes the top representative of rival approaches to explaining
the origin of consciousness, including John Searle's contingent
correlation, Timothy O'Connor's emergent necessitation, Colin
McGinn's mysterian "'naturalism," David Skrbina's panpsychism and
Philip Clayton's pluralistic emergentist monism. Moreland concludes
that these approaches should be rejected in favor of what he calls
"'the Argument from Consciousness."
This book exposes the inadequacy of scientism by demonstrating its
self-defeating nature and 7 important facts it can never explain,
arguing that together science and theology have true things to tell
us about the world.
Naturalism provides a rigorous analysis and critique of the major varieties of contemporary philosophical naturalism. The authors advocate the thesis that contemporary naturalism should be abandoned, in light of the serious objections raised against it. Contributors draw on a wide range of topics including: epistemology, the philosophy of science, the philosophy of mind and agency, and natural theology. eBook available with sample pages: 0203186133
J.P. Moreland-Christian philosopher, theologian, and
apologist-issues a call to recapture the drama and power of kingdom
living-to cultivate a revolution of Evangelical life, spirituality,
thought, and Spirit-led power. Drawing insights from the early
church, he unpacks three essential ingredients of this revolution:
Recovery of the Christian mind. Renovation of Christian
spirituality. Restoration of the power of the Holy Spirit. Western
society is in crisis: the result of our culture's embrace of
naturalism and postmodernism, and a biblical worldview has been
pushed to the margins. Christians have been strongly influenced by
these trends, with the result that their personal lives often
reflect the surrounding culture more than the way of Christ, and
the church's transforming influence on society has waned as a
result. Kingdom Triangle is divided into two major sections: The
first examines and provides a critique of secular worldviews and
shows how they have ushered in the current societal crisis. The
second lays out a strategy for the Christian community to regain
the potency of kingdom life and influence in the world. Moreland
believes that evangelical Christianity can mature and lead the
surrounding society out of the meaningless morass it finds itself
in with humility and vision. With clear insight, he puts the
thoughtful Christian in a position to understand our current
cultural struggle and to return to a responsible presentation of
"the way of Christ" as not just a way of right living, but also a
way of knowledge and meaningful life.
Renewing the Christian voice, conscience, and imagination so that
we can become compelling witnesses of the Gospel in today's
culture. Christianity has an image problem. While the culture we
inhabit presents us with an increasingly anti-Christian and
disenchanted position, the church in the West has not helped its
case by becoming anti-intellectual, fragmented, and out of touch
with the relevancy of Jesus to all aspects of contemporary life.
The muting of the Christian voice, its imagination, and its
collective conscience have diminished the prospect of having a
genuine missionary encounter with others today. Cultural
apologetics attempts to demonstrate not only the truth of the
Gospel but also its desirability by reestablishing Christianity as
the answer that satisfies our three universal human longings-truth,
goodness, and beauty. In Cultural Apologetics, philosopher and
professor Paul Gould sets forth a fresh and uplifting model for
cultural engagement-rooted in the biblical account of Paul's speech
in Athens-which details practical steps for establishing
Christianity as both true and beautiful, reasonable and satisfying.
You'll be introduced to: The idea of cultural apologetics as
distinct from traditional apologetics. The path from disenchantment
with how we understand reality to re-enchantment with the reality
of the spiritual nature of things. The practical tools of good
cultural engagement: conscience, reason, and imagination. Equip
yourself to see, and help others see, the world as it is through
the lens of the Spirit-deeply beautiful, mysterious, and sacred.
With creative insights, Cultural Apologetics prepares readers to
share a vision of the Christian faith that is both plausible and
desirable, offering clarity for those who have become disoriented
in the haze of modern Western culture.
A groundbreaking collection of contemporary essays from leading
international scholars that provides a balanced and expert account
of the resurgent debate about substance dualism and its physicalist
alternatives. Substance dualism has for some time been
dismissed as an archaic and defeated position in philosophy of
mind, but in recent years, the topic has experienced a resurgence
of scholarly interest and has been restored to contemporary
prominence by a growing minority of philosophers prepared to
interrogate the core principles upon which past objections and
misunderstandings rest. As the first book of its kind to bring
together a collection of contemporary writing from top proponents
and critics in a pro-contra format, The Blackwell Companion to
Substance Dualism captures this ongoing dialogue and sets the stage
for rigorous and lively discourse around dualist and physicalist
accounts of human persons in philosophy. Chapters explore
emergent, Thomistic, Cartesian, and other forms of substance
dualism—broadly conceived—in dialogue with leading varieties of
physicalism, including animalism, non-reductive physicalism, and
constitution theory. Loose, Menuge, and Moreland pair essays from
dualist advocates with astute criticism from physicalist opponents
and vice versa, highlighting points of contrast for readers in
thematic sections while showcasing today’s leading minds engaged
in direct debate. Taken together, essays provide nuanced paths of
introduction for students, and capture the imagination of
professional philosophers looking to expand their understanding of
the subject. Skillfully curated and in touch with contemporary
science as well as analytic theology, The Blackwell Companion to
Substance Dualism strikes a measured balanced between advocacy and
criticism, and is a first-rate resource for researchers, scholars,
and students of philosophy, theology, and neuroscience.
This volume of more than two dozen essays written by highly
credentialed scientists, philosophers, and theologians from Europe
and North America provides the most comprehensive critique of
theistic evolution yet produced, opening the door to scientific and
theological alternatives.
Who is Jesus? What did he do? What did he say? -Are the traditional
answer to these questions still to be trusted? - Did the early
church and tradition "Christianize" Jesus? - Was Christianity built
on clever conceptions of the church, or on the character and
actions of an actual person? These and similar questions have come
under scrutiny by a forum of biblical scholars called the Jesus
Seminar. Their conclusions have been widely publicized in magazines
such as Time and Newsweek. Jesus Under Fire challenges the
methodology and findings of the Jesus Seminar, which generally
clash with the biblical records. It examines the authenticity of
the words, actions, miracles, and resurrection of Jesus, and
presents compelling evidence for the traditional biblical
teachings. Combining accessibility with scholarly depth, Jesus
Under Fire helps readers judge for themselves whether the Jesus of
the Bible is the Jesus of history, and whether the gospels' claim
is valid that he is the only way to God.
Naturalism provides a rigorous analysis and critique of the major
varieties of contemporary philosophical naturalism. The authors
advocate the thesis that contemporary naturalism should be
abandoned, in light of the serious objections raised against it.
Contributors draw on a wide range of topics including:
epistemology, the philosophy of science, the philosophy of mind and
agency, and natural theology.
A singularly powerful and rigorous argument in favor of modern
substance dualism In The Substance of Consciousness: A
Comprehensive Defense of Contemporary Substance Dualism, two
distinguished philosophers deliver a unique and powerful defense of
contemporary substance dualism, which makes the claim that the
human person is an embodied fundamental, immaterial, and unifying
substance. Multidisciplinary in scope, the book explores areas of
philosophy, cognitive science, neuroscience, and the sociology of
mind-body beliefs. The authors present the most comprehensive,
up-to-date, and rigorous non-edited work on substance dualism in
the field, as well as a detailed history of how property and
substance dualism have been presented and evaluated over the last
150 years. Alongside developing new and updated positive arguments
for substance dualism, they also discuss key metaphysical notions
and distinctions that inform the examination of substance dualism
and its alternatives. Readers will also find: A thorough
examination of the recent shift away from standard physicalism and
the renaissance of substance dualism Comprehensive explorations of
the likely future of substance dualism in the twenty-first century,
including an exhaustive list of proposed research projects for
substance dualists Practical discussion of new and rigorous
critiques of significant physicality alternatives, including
emergentism and panpsychism. Extensive treatments of philosophy of
mind debates about the roles played by staunch/faint-hearted
naturalism and theism in establishing or presuming methodology,
epistemic priorities, and prior metaphysical commitments Perfect
for professional philosophers, The Substance of Consciousness will
also earn a place in the libraries of consciousness researchers,
philosophical theologians, and religious studies scholars.
"The unexamined life is not worth living," according to Socrates,
but pursuing the examined life strikes many as daunting,
unappealing and even unnecessary. Is philosophy important? Why do I
need philosophy if I have the Bible? Aren't philosophers simply
engaged in meaningless disputes that are irrelevant to everyday
life? Mark Foreman addresses these and other questions in this
"prelude" to the subject. Unlike a full introduction to philosophy,
this book is a preliminary discussion that dispels
misunderstandings and explains the rationale for engaging in
philosophical reasoning. In the first half of the book, Foreman
defines the task of philosophy, compares it to other disciplines
and demonstrates its practical value to Christians interested in
developing a more thoughtful faith. The second half introduces the
reader to logic and argumentation, the essential tools of a
philosopher. Concise and straightforward, Prelude to Philosophy is
a guide for those looking to embark on the "examined life."
Informative and honest, Finding Quiet validates the experiences of
believers struggling with mental illness, provides spiritual and
psychological tools for defeating anxiety and depression-and will
reassure you that you can thrive again. In May 2003, prominent
philosopher, author, and professor J. P. Moreland awoke in the
middle of the night to a severe panic attack. Though often anxious
by temperament and upbringing, Moreland had never experienced such
an incident before. Thus began an extended battle with debilitating
anxiety and depression. More than a decade later, Moreland
continues to manage his mental illness. Yet along the way he's
moved from shame and despair to vulnerability and hope. In Finding
Quiet, Moreland comes alongside fellow sufferers with encouragement
and practical, hard-won advice-a distillation of the very best and
most helpful things he discovered about dealing with anxiety and
depression from his personal experiences and extensive research.
According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration, nearly 20 percent of Americans suffer from mental
illness, and Christians are not immune. J. P. Moreland (who studied
philosophy under Dallas Willard) explores the spiritual and
physical aspects of mental illness, pointing readers toward sound
sources of information, treatment, and recovery from both secular
and Christian experts. Finding Quiet is perfect for: Those looking
for a trusted starting point in their own research of
anxiety/depression. Christians seeking a holistic approach to
healing-one that doesn't shy from scientific knowledge but
maintains a theological and biblical framework. Anyone in need of
validation and encouragement in their struggle with mental illness.
In a society fascinated by spirituality but committed to religious
pluralism, the Christian worldview faces sophisticated and
aggressive opposition. A prior commitment to diversity, with its
requisite openness and relativistic outlook, has meant for
skeptics, critics and even many Christians that whatever
Christianity is, it cannot be exclusively true or salvific. What is
needed in this syncretistic era is an authoritative, comprehensive
Christian response. Point by point, argument by argument, the
Christian faith must be effectively presented and defended. To
Everyone an Answer: A Case for the Christian Worldview offers such
a response. Editors Francis J. Beckwith, William Lane Craig and J.
P. Moreland have gathered together in this book essays covering all
major aspects of apologetics, including: faith and reason arguments
for God's existence the case for Jesus the problem of evil
postmodernism religious pluralism and Christian exclusivism
Preeminent in their respective fields, the contributors to this
volume offer a solid case for the Christian worldview and a
coherent defense of the Christian faith.
Think of it this way . . . Our beliefs are challenged from many
directions. Every day it seems more difficult to explain to our
friends, families, and neighbors what we believe and why. When our
ideas and arguments fail to persuade them, what then? Is there
another approach we can take? Veteran apologists and communicators
J. P. Moreland and Tim Muehlhoff say that the best way to win over
others is with a good story. Stories have the ability to get behind
our preconceptions and defenses. They appeal to the whole person
rather than just to the mind. This expanded edition includes new
chapters and updated stories and illustrations throughout. In these
pages the authors enhance the logic and evidence found in other
books defending the faith with things that your friends, relatives,
or coworkers will ponder long after a conversation is over. Here is
sound, empathetic coaching for those of us who long to communicate
our faith more effectively.
Truth used to be based on reason. No more. What we feel is now the
truest source of reality. Despite our obsession with the emotive
and the experiential, we still face anxiety, despair, and
purposelessness. How did we get here? And where do we find a
remedy? In this modern classic, Francis A. Schaeffer traces trends
in twentieth-century thought and unpacks how key ideas have shaped
our society. Wide-ranging in his analysis, Schaeffer examines
philosophy, science, art and popular culture to identify dualism,
fragmentation and the decline of reason. Schaeffer's work takes on
a newfound relevance today in his prescient anticipation of the
contemporary postmodern ethos. His critique demonstrates
Christianity's promise for a new century, one in as much need as
ever of purpose and hope.
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