Table of Contents

• • Preface to the Fourth Edition     7
  • Preface to the First Edition     10
• The Need for a Christian World-View
  • The Practical Human Predicament     19
  • The Sources of Soul-Sorrow     20
  • The Nature of Soul-Sorrow     23
  • The Cure for Soul-Sorrow     24
  • Recapitulation     27
  • The Theoretical Human Predicament     29
  • Transition to the Theoretical     30
  • The Problem of the Many     34
  • The Problem of the One     37
  • The Persistent Philosophical Danger     39
• The Rise of the Christian World-View
  • The Problem of Truth     45
  • The Nature of Truth     45
  • The Test for Truth     47
  • Recapitulation     62
  • What is Faith?     65
  • The Nature and Test of Faith Distinguished     66
  • Faith Based on Authoritative Decrees     70
  • Faith Based on Subjective Immediacy     74
  • Objections to the Christian View of Faith     82
  • Ensuing Practical Benefits     86
  • The Christian Hypothesis     89
  • The Nature of Assumptions     91
  • Philosophy and Assumptions     95
  • Objections to the Christian Hypothesis     101
  • TheCriteria of Verification     103
  • The Nature of Proof     103
  • The Criteria of Verification in Christianity     108
  • Probability and the Problem of Moral Certainty     113
  • Objections to Probability     118
  • Starting Point: Nature     122
  • The Nature of Starting Point     123
  • A Critique of Natural Theology     126
  • Starting Point: Nature (Continued)     140
  • The Structure of the Analogy of Being     140
  • A Critique of the Analogy of Being     146
  • Starting Point: God     152
  • Transition to Christian Rationalism     152
  • The Knowledge of God from the Self     157
  • The Knowledge of God through the Rationes aeternae     161
  • The Knowledge of God through Nature     168
  • Starting Point: God (Continued)     173
  • The Appeal to Special Revelation     174
  • The Benefits of Special Revelation     180
  • Objections to Christianity     184
• Implications of the Christian World-View
  • The Problem of Biblical Criticism     191
  • The Nature of Biblical Criticism     192
  • The Basic Issue     200
  • The Strength of the Conservative Hypothesis     205
  • Concluding Observations      209
  • The Problem of Common Ground     211
  • The Three Levels of Meaning     213
  • The Reflection of the Metaphysical Ultimate     215
  • Objections     219
  • The Christian Faith and the Scientific Method     223
  • Transitional Material     223
  • The Proposed Rapprochement     229
  • Concluding Problems     233
  • The Problem of Miracles and Natural Law     243
  • Background Data     243
  • What is a Miracle?     247
  • What are Nature and Natural Law?     250
  • Natural Law and the Resurrection of Christ     253
  • The Problems of Miracles and Natural Law (Continued)     261
  • Hume's Canons and Historical Phenomena     262
  • What is the Point to Miracles?     268
  • Concluding Difficulties     273
  • The Problem of Evil     276
  • The General Nature of the Problem     277
  • The Nature of Evil     280
  • The Basic Solutions to the Problem     283
  • The Problem of Evil (Continued)     292
  • Christian Theism     292
  • Objections to Christian Theism     297
  • The Ethical one and Many     315
  • The Fundamental Problem of Ethics      315
  • The Primacy of the Law     322
  • The Primacy of Man as Lawgiver     324
  • God as Lawgiver     328
  • Objections to the Christian Ethic     334
  • Resurrection and Immortality     336
  • The Problem of Immortality     336
  • The Arguments for Immortality     337
  • Objections     347
• Conclusion
  • Conclusion     353
  • Summary and Recapitulation     353
  • Pascal's Wager     357
  • Glossary     363
  • Index of Scripture Passages     371
  • Index of Proper Names     375
  • Index of Subjects     377