If the cite book or citation templates are in use, you may add isbns automatically, or discuss this issue. Craig firstly takes issue with boghossians contention that faith is some continue reading. Unfortunately, molina thought the central point of the protestant reformation was the denial of human libertarian freedom in favor of gods being the alldetermining reality. Now two articulate spokesmenone a christian, the other an atheistduel over gods existence in a lively and illuminating battle of ideas. William lane craigs reasonable faith is an unashamedly apologetic book. Is there historical evidence for the resurrection of jesus. This article surveys the essay provided by william lane craig defending his position called the middleknowledge view, also known as molinism. In theology, he has also defended molinism and the belief that god is, since creation, temporal. Jan 17, 2014 my channel is youtube s foremost stronghold of free speech anyone and everyone can post freely on all of my presuppositional apologetics videos.
Luis molina 15351600 defined providence as gods ordering of things to their ends, either directly or indirectly through secondary causes. Ebook william lane craig libro electronico descargar pdf serie. Craig has updated and defended the kalam cosmological argument for the existence of god. William lane craig discusses calvinism and the problem of evil 04192010 wintery knight 35 comments this is an answer to a question of the week from his reasonable faith web site. Click here to buy reasonable faith by william lane craig on paperback and find more of your favourite religionethics books in rarus online book store. A refutation of william lane craigs molinism digitalcommons. For anyone wanting a better grasp of molinism this book is a must have. Why should the atheist care what view a christian holds of divine sovereignty and human responsibility. William lane craigs products are available at the biola apologetics web store. The heart of molinism is the principle that god is completely sovereign and man is also free in a libertarian sense. Calvinism vs molinism reasonable faith william lane craig. What is the reputation of william lane craig among professional philosophers.
Craig lays out the foundations of learning logical thinking, but it would help if he explained it more, explained his examples more, and gave more. You can find that on his website, which is also called reasonable faith. William lane craig on the good book blog a resource from the faculty of talbot. Hes a strong rhetorician and appears to have a solid understanding of academic philosophy. Not that there isnt the usual blackandwhite dogmatism here. Specifically, it seeks to maintain a strong view of gods sovereignty over creation while at the same time preserving the. Books by william lane craig author of reasonable faith. Here are some excellent comments on romans 9 from dr.
William lane craig born august 23, 1949 is an american analytic philosopher and christian theologian, historian, and apologist. He travels the world lecturing and debating to large audiences on the alleged revival of christianity and the alleged demise of atheism. William lane craig expertly addresses issues concerning fatalism, free will and predestination, and how the model of gods omniscience furnished by molinism reconciles free will and full blown divine sovereignty. William lane craig resources by william lane craig from. Many faithful christians have learned a lot from both of these men and their ministries. Hes an evangelical, but he greatly respects the intellectual tradition of the church. Popular books by william lane craig reasonable faith. Page 39 of his book is what i am particularly baffled by.
Middle knowledge, truthmakers, and the grounding objection. Jan 05, 2014 william lane craig is a molinist and paul helm a calvinist. The guy may not be a catholic but he is a genius defender of christianity. So far, we began to explore the ideas of apologist william lane craig as they pertain to adam and eve. If any of you have watched or listened to debates on atheism, you will have, no doubt, come across william lane craig. Why i refuse to debate with william lane craig this article is more than 8 years old. Dear customer, biola university has instructed all nonessential tasks to be accomplished remotely due to unprecedented events caused by the rapid spread of covid19. In some versions of molinism as far as i can tell, the one held by william lane craig, god then, on the basis of this knowledge, chooses to create the world in which the maximum number of people come to have faith in him and receive eternal life. Good book for beginners in the study of learning logic. As such, the raison detre for this work is to arm the educated christian with the tools with which to defend their faith. Im currently participating in a fourviews book on divine providence along with a pair of reformed theologians.
William lane craig vs paul helm molinism vs calvinism a. Specifically, we saw that craig holds to genetic monogenesis the hypothesis that humans descend uniquely from an ancestral couple, rather than a population in the face of population genetics evidence to the contrary. William lane craig has given his response to peter boghossians a manual for creating atheists and some of his comments from online lectures. William lane craig on sovereignty and free will explore. Why i refuse to debate with william lane craig richard. William lane craig and oxford university calvinist philosopher dr. William lane craig and paul helm discuss calvinism and molinism on the unbelievable radio show 07032014 wintery knight 50 comments i listened to this excellent discussion between dr. Craigs published works on the grounding objection and offered some of my personal input on the issue. Helms biggest problem with molinism appears to be how god could know future free actions. Dawkins was invited to debate craig at oxford university. Phillip cary on the classic view, william lane craig on molinism, william hasker on open theism, thomas jay oord on essential kenosis, and stephen wykstra on skeptical theism. William lane craig wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre.
Offers a unique and helpful taxonomy of the wide range of options available to the classical. William lane craig is research professor of philosophy at the talbot school of theology, california. William lane craig, for example, spends a considerable portion of his response to zimmermans argument by calling into question what he calls the. I believe molinism is to systematic theology was darwinian evolution is to biology and paleontology oh yeah, im an evolutionary creationist too, by the way. William lane craig has 100 books on goodreads with 33151 ratings. Dr william lane craig explains gods middle knowledge. Molinism and the problem of evil reasonable faith video podcast. He is well known for his work as an apologist, speaker and debater.
Are you prepared to grapple with the tough questions about the origin of the universe. The doctrine of divine middle knowledge holds that god knows what. Introduction brief biography debates books articles more information on bill craig. The view affirms a strong notion of gods control of events in the world, alongside an equally firm view of human freedom. Not enough evidence to believe the good book blog biola. In this book, bill craig talks about divine foreknowledge and freedom. Molinism is a system of thought that seeks to reconcile the sovereignty of god and the free will of man. The primary distinctive of molinism is the affirmation that god has middle knowledge scientia media. A molinist approach to clarify the misunderstandings and misrepresentations by explaining the details of molinism and biblically and philosophically defending the view.
My channel is youtube s foremost stronghold of free speech anyone and everyone can post freely on all of my presuppositional apologetics videos. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading does god exist. Craig, ive heard you offer two responses to the problem of divine hiddenness. This assertion is no mere ostensibly undercutting defeater of molinism. William lane craig and paul helm molinism vs calvinism. That was the one he had with sam harris a few years ago.
I think youre right, gordon, that a great many intelligent and godly christian leaders are reformed, or followers of john calvin, in their theology. The problem of evil has produced many responses and elicited vigorous debate. Dr william lane craig explains gods middle knowledge molinism. I bought this because i had a difficult time following philosophical and logic arguments and thought this book would be a good place to start. Its easy for me critique him because we play by the same rules. If youve followed this blog or my podcast for any amount of time, that should come as no surprise to you. William lane craig and luis molina reject calvinism. If you are still not sure what molinism is, we have lots of resources at some writings, some podcasts. William lane craig is a christian philosopher and leading proponent of molinism, a view of divine sovereignty that seeks to reconcile gods foreordination with human free will. So says william lane craig in his seminal book reasonable faith, which at 352 pages doesnt slow down in its exegesis of some of the most difficult problems in theoretical physics and the philosophy of religion. A brief introduction to the life, work, books and debates of apologist william lane craig.
Anyway, if you are serious about molinism, pro or con, then you need to get this volume for yourself and work through the material. Molinism is an attempt to provide a solution to the classic philosophical problems associated with gods providence, foreknowledge and the freedom of humanity. He is an analytic philosopher, christian apologist and the driving force behind. This view depends upon not only the kind of knowledge god has, but also upon when he has it. He states he does not understand how it would work. Unfortunately, numerous caricatures have been presented by those who hold opposing views. Do you know how to respond effectively when people. William lane craig is a famous christian philosopher and debater. If god ordains the future, can humans have free will. William lane craig is research professor of philosophy at talbot school of theology and professor of philosophy at houston baptist university. If youve ever wondered about soteriology that is, the. Why do atheists almost always lose to william lane craig. What plantinga understandsand grounding objectors apparently by and large do notis that behind the grounding objection lies a theory about the relationship of truth and reality which needs to be articulated, defended, and then applied to counterfactuals of freedom if the grounding objection is to carry any probative force.
The theory presupposed by the grounding objection appears to be a certain construal or version of a view of truth as correspondence which has come to be. Paul helm debates william lane craig on calvinism and. In this special topics class, dr, william lane craig addresses several interrelated themes. William lane craig and paul helm calvinism is a system of christian thought known for a specific view of the predestination of believers. Four views four theologians discuss gods sovereignty and human responsibility. In this multiview book, five philosophical theologians discuss and defend different solutions to this ancient problem. I am fascinated to see committed atheists aggressively argue against molinism. Course curriculum by william lane craig reasonable faith. There was only one of those few that i felt he unequivocally won. This new university directive prevents us from fulfilling orders at this time.
William lane craig s products are available at the. He is one of a kind, and i thank god for his life and work. William lane craigs most popular book is reasonable faith. Todays highestprofile defenders of molinism are william lane craig and alvin plantinga. He is known for his work in the philosophy of religion, philosophy of time, and the defense of christian theism. While we may disagree with both of them on certain points, that does not mean that we should not learn from them or listen to them. What is the reputation of william lane craig among.
I believe it comes down to the fact that molinism destroys 2 cor 10. The anthropic principle or the associated anthropic coincidences have been used by philosophers such as john leslie 1989, william lane craig 1988 and richard swinburne 1990 to support the thesis that god exists. Society of evangelical arminians william lane craig on. William lane craig on romans 9 society of evangelical arminians. This christian philosopher is an apologist for genocide.
Molinism holds that gods knowledge consists of three logical moments. How can the bible affirm both divine sovereignty and human freedom. Reasonable faith william lane craig paperback books. God over all divine aseity and the challenge of platonism william lane craig.
To expand upon most of the material found in this book at a greater level of depth, you can freely access the recordings or transcripts of william lane craigs inperson discussion group called defenders. An adequate doctrine of divine providence requires reconciling these. Why wont richard dawkins debate professor william lane. Essentially, he stated his arguments were against william lane craigs version of molinism. Offers a unique and helpful taxonomy of the wide range of options available to the classical theist for dealing with the challenge of platonism.
From the responses elsewhere in these threads i didnt. Kenneth keathley has written salvation and sovereignty. He holds faculty positions at talbot school of theology biola university and houston baptist university. William lane craig phd, university of birmingham, england. Molinism is a lesserknown system with a different view. Craig contributes to a new book on the problem of evil, offering a molinist perspective. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
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