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Hackett, Stuart C.

The reconstruction of the Christian revelation claim : a philosophical and critical apologetic / Stuart C. Hackett - Michigan : Grand Rapids : Baker Book House, c 1984 - 349 pages ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-349)

Introduction : philosophical prolegomena. Foundations of religious knowledge ; The development of the concept of revelation -- Christianity and the revelational cosmos--a philosophical case for a theistic metaphysics. The development of the theistic position ; Viable alternatives and critical objections ; The culmination of general revelation -- Christianity and the revelational person--an historical/critical case for the incarnation of God in Jesus Christ. The Christian concept of the Christ ; The critical controversy concerning the Christ ; A concluding christological synthesis -- Christianity and the revelational word--the propositional expression of revelation in Scripture. The Bible and its structure : the internal nature of propositional revelation ; The Bible and science : the external relation of Scripture propositions to scientific truth-claims ; The Bible and Christian religious experience : the progressive realization of Scriptural truth-claims in personal life -- Epilogue : a summary reflection

ISBN: 0801042836 9780801042836

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Bible--Evidences, authority, etc

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Apologetics
Theism
Revelation--Christianity

LC Class. No.: BT1102 / .H23 1984

Dewey Class. No.: ARCH YNDC 239 H121R