Justified Faith without Reasons?: A Comparison between Søren Kierkegaard’s and Alvin Plantinga’s Epistemologies

Valentin Teodorescu

Published by De Gruyter 2024

Justified Faith without Reasons?

A Comparison between Søren Kierkegaard’s and Alvin Plantinga’s Epistemologies

Valentin Teodorescu

Volume 45 in the series Kierkegaard Studies. Monograph Series

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111334769

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About this book

This study intends to show that the answer to the question whether faith can be justified without proofs can be resolved by importing ideas from Søren Kierkegaard’s and Alvin Plantinga’s affirmative take on the matter.

There is a deep similarity between the way they understand belief in God and belief in Christianity. The authors share the modern idea that there is an objective truth, combining it with the postmodern stance that no method exists which would guarantee access to it. One can see at both authors not only a deep commonality of ideas, but also a remarkable way in which their understandings augment each other. Whereas Kierkegaard comes to the provocative conclusion that, if a person wants to live authentically, she will meet Christ on her life’s journey without needing any proof, Plantinga’s inquiry contributes to the rational plausibility of this „Justified Faith without Reasons" project.

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Valentin Teodorescu, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Foreword Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Table of Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	XV
I Theoretical Epistemology
1 Kierkegaard’s Theoretical Epistemology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2 The Epistemology of Alvin Plantinga Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
3 Comparison between Plantinga’s and Kierkegaard’s Theoretical Epistemologies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
II Knowledge about the Existence of God
4 Kierkegaard and Knowledge about the Existence of God Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
5 Plantinga and the Knowledge about the Existence of God Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
6 Comparison of Plantinga’s and Kierkegaard’s Views Regarding the Knowledge about the Existence of God Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
III Arguments for God’s Existence
7 Climacus and the Arguments for God’s Existence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
8 Plantinga’s Arguments for the Existence of God Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
9 Comparison between Kierkegaard’s and Plantinga’s Perspectives on the Arguments for the Existence of God Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
IV Knowledge about the Truth of Christianity
10 Kierkegaard and the Knowledge about the Truth of Christianity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
11 Plantinga and the Knowledge about the Truth of Christianity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
12 Kierkegaard and the Rationality of the Transition between the Competing Interpretations of Existence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
13 Comparison between Plantinga’s and Kierkegaard’s Views on the Knowledge of Christianity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
Conclusions
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Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	299

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Philosophy of religion scholars, theologians, epistemologists,
Pages
- Front matter: 27
- Main content: 304
Keywords: Epistemology; faith; philosophy; rationality

eBook

Published: November 6, 2023
ISBN: 9783111334769

Hardcover

Published: November 6, 2023
ISBN: 9783111333045