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CHAPTER 9
Summary of the Theological Responses
to Plantinga’s A/C model of warranted Christian belief in order to
9.1 Introduction
tinga’s A/C model. T
9.2 Overview of Responses to Plantinga’s A/C Model
The main concern appears to be the need perceived to address the truth question of the Christian faith, given that Plantinga used this question only as a condition and assumption in his model. This leads critics to question Plantinga’s treatment of the role of arguments based on evidence and testimony, and in many cases to a call to give such arguments a more prominent place. This approach, however, inevitably questions the properly basic nature of theistic and Christian belief and the way it can have warrant. This in turn raises the question whether the formation and maintenance of these beliefs is described adequately by the basic and extended A/C model. This also involves issues concerning the role of the believer and of the church, and the question regarding the strength or assurance of faith.
de jure as on the one hand appreciation for Plantinga’s contribution to negative apologetics, and
9.2.1 The Truth Question
right critique of Plantinga’s work for not using the
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