The distinguished American philosopher Alvin Plantinga has had a
career-long interest in the defense of Christian belief. There hasn't
been a major contemporary challenge to such belief that Plantinga has
not, in some way, addressed. This book draws together those
contributions, highlighting particularly Plantinga's groundbreaking work
in the areas of epistemology and the problem of evil. Historical and
biographical background information is included to give perspective to
Plantinga's work. His theory that both theistic and Christian belief is
warranted and basic is explored and critiqued, and an assessment is
offered as to the significance of Plantinga's work for apologetic theory
and practice. ""This is an important work on one of the most important
philosophers of our time. Keith Mascord has not merely written an
excellent account of Alvin Plantinga's philosophy but also shown us how
Plantinga has contributed to a much broader field of inquiry than
academic philosophy. In addition, in the last three chapters Mascord
provides his own critical and original response to Plantinga."" --Peter
Forrest, University of New England, Armidale, Australia ""Alvin
Plantinga is a superb philosopher, and one of the greatest living
defenders of the rationality of Christian theism. Keith Mascord explains
and assesses Plantinga's ideas in a way that is clear, penetrating, and
rigorous. If you are interested in how philosophy can contribute to
Christian apologetics then you are likely to find this book worth
reading."" --Bruce Langtry, University of Melbourne ""Keith Mascord's
book is a genuine achievement; wide-ranging, massively thorough,
judicious, and critically penetrating."" --Alvin Plantinga, University
of Notre Dame ""A thorough and insightful analysis and critique.""
--Graham Cole Keith Mascord is a Canadian born Australian. He has taught
at Moore Theological College in Sydney and has most recently been named
National Chaplain of Mission Australia.
