02254cam a22003014a 450000100090000000300090000900500170001800800410003501000170007602000350009302000180012803500230014604000180016904200080018705000210019508200150021610000490023124500710028026000610035130000260041250400510043850504010048952009060089065000300179665000280182665000160185485600820187014166371AU-EpEBC20220621060519.0051109s2006    miu      b    001 0 eng    a  2005032808  a0802829589 (pbk. : alk. paper)  a9780802829580  a(OCoLC)ocm62302377  aDLCcDLCdDLC  apcc00aBR100b.A27 200600a230.012221 aAbraham, William J.q(William James),d1947-10aCrossing the threshold of divine revelation /cWilliam J. Abraham.  aGrand Rapids, Mich. :bWilliam B. Eerdmans Pub.,cc2006.  axiv, 198 p. ;c23 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aReorientation -- Epistemic platitudes and theology -- Canonical theism and proper epistemic fit -- Revelation, the oculis contemplationis, and evidence -- Crossing the threshold of divine revelation -- Divine revelation and canonical doctrine -- Conversion -- Unbelief, belief, and loss of faith -- Defeaters and objections -- Revelation and language -- Rationality, justification, and knowledge.  aThe last few decades have seen a revolution in debates about the rationality of Christian belief. Among the array of current options for justifying religious belief, however, nearly every one assumes that a general theory of knowing and a minimal version of theism must be adopted before the rationality of Christian belief can be tackled. William J. Abraham confronts both of these assumptions, arguing that epistemology must begin with its particular target of inquiry in Abrahams case the full-blooded 2canonical theism3 of the early, undivided Christian Church. He argues, moreover, that special divine revelation forms a crucial threshold at the entrance to the epistemology of Christian Belief. Sure to intrigue philosophers, theologians, and curious students, Abrahams robust vision of Christian faith provides a creative solution to any of the current difficulties in philosophy and theology.  0aChristianityxPhilosophy. 0aPhilosophical theology. 0aRevelation.413Table of contents onlyuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip063/2005032808.html