Browsing Davis, Richard B. by Author "Franks, W. Paul"

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    • Against a Postmodern Pentecostal Epistemology 

      Davis, Richard Brian, 1963-; Franks, W. Paul (Evangelical Philosophical SocietyCharlottesville, VA, 2013)
      In this paper we explore the idea that pentecostalism is best supported by conjoining it to a postmodern, narrative epistemology in which everything is a text requiring interpretation. On this view, truth doesn’t consist ...

    • Counterpossibles and the ‘Terrible’ Divine Command Deity 

      Davis, Richard Brian, 1963-; Franks, W. Paul (Cambridge University PressCambridge, UK, 2015)
      In a series of articles in this journal, Wes Morriston has launched what can only be considered a full-scale assault on the divine command theory (DCT) of morality. According to Morriston, proponents of this theory are ...

    • Layman’s Lapse: On an Incomplete Moral Argument for Theism 

      Davis, Richard Brian, 1963-; Franks, W. Paul (Center for InquiryAmherst, NY, 2013)
      C. Stephen Layman contends that an argument supporting theism over naturalism can be constructed based on three defensible, non–question-begging premises about the moral order. Previous critics of Layman’s argument have ...

    • On Jesus, Derrida, and Dawkins: Rejoinder to Joshua Harris 

      Davis, Richard Brian, 1963-; Franks, W. Paul (Evangelical Philosophical SocietyCharlottesville, VA, 2014)
      In this paper we respond to three objections raised by Joshua Harris to our article, “Against a Postmodern Pentecostal Epistemology,” in which we express misgivings about the conjunction of Pentecostalism with James K. A. ...

    • Plantinga’s Defence and His Theodicy are Incompatible 

      Davis, Richard Brian, 1963-; Franks, W. Paul (RoutledgeNew York, 2018)

    • What Place, Then, for Rational Apologetics? 

      Davis, Richard Brian, 1963-; Franks, W. Paul (Moody PublishingChicago, IL, 2014)