TY - JOUR
T1 - A Response to John Frame’s Presuppositional Approach to Faith and Reason
AU - Loke, Andrew Ter Ern
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Copyright:
Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/12
Y1 - 2018/12
N2 - Presuppositionalism is popular among certain groups of Reformed Christians today, and John Frame is one of its leading proponents. In contrast with the Evidential Approach concerning faith and reason, which affirms experiences and reason as starting points, Presuppositionalists assume the truth of scripture as starting point in their assessment of the truth-claims of Christianity. They appeal to Christians by emphasizing the authority of scripture, by criticizing autonomous human reason, and by highlighting the noetic effects of sin. I address these considerations, show that Frame's approach is self-defeating and unacceptably circular, and answer his objections to the Evidential Approach.
AB - Presuppositionalism is popular among certain groups of Reformed Christians today, and John Frame is one of its leading proponents. In contrast with the Evidential Approach concerning faith and reason, which affirms experiences and reason as starting points, Presuppositionalists assume the truth of scripture as starting point in their assessment of the truth-claims of Christianity. They appeal to Christians by emphasizing the authority of scripture, by criticizing autonomous human reason, and by highlighting the noetic effects of sin. I address these considerations, show that Frame's approach is self-defeating and unacceptably circular, and answer his objections to the Evidential Approach.
KW - authority of scripture
KW - faith and reason
KW - noetic effects of sin
KW - Presuppositionalism
KW - theological presuppositions
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U2 - 10.1163/15697312-01204008
DO - 10.1163/15697312-01204008
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85059360107
SN - 1872-5163
VL - 12
SP - 356
EP - 376
JO - Journal of Reformed Theology
JF - Journal of Reformed Theology
IS - 4
ER -