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William Lane Craig (born August 23, 1949) is an American analytic philosopher, Christian apologist, author, and Wesleyan theologian who upholds the view of Molinism and neo-Apollinarianism. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He is a professor of philosophy at Houston Christian University and at the Talbot School of Theology of Biola University .
William Lane Craig uses Molinism to reconcile scriptural passages warning of apostasy with passages teaching the security of believers. [18] Craig has also used middle knowledge to explain a wide range of theological issues, such as divine providence [ 19 ] and predestination , [ 20 ] biblical inspiration , [ 21 ] perseverance of the saints ...
The Jesus Seminar was a group of about 50 biblical criticism scholars and 100 laymen founded in 1985 by Robert Funk that originated under the auspices of the Westar Institute. [1] [2] The seminar was very active through the 1980s and 1990s, and into the early 21st century. Members of the Seminar used votes with colored beads to decide their ...
Christian philosopher William Lane Craig has proposed a neo-Apollinarian Christology in which the divine Logos completes the human nature of Christ. Craig says his proposal is tentative and he welcomes critique and interaction from other scholars. [4] Craig also clarifies "what I called a Neo-Apollinarian Christological model" by stating that
(The major streams of modern Catholic thought on the theology of salvation are Thomism and Molinism, a theology developed by Jesuit theologian Luis Molina in the 16th century and also held today by some Protestants such as William Lane Craig and Alvin Plantinga.)
Reformed epistemology. Sixteenth-century portrait of John Calvin by an unknown artist. In the philosophy of religion, Reformed epistemology is a school of philosophical thought concerning the nature of knowledge ( epistemology) as it applies to religious beliefs. [1] The central proposition of Reformed epistemology is that beliefs can be ...
William Lane Craig holds that the resurrection appearances are far too diverse to be classified as hallucinations; Craig and Lüdemann entered a written debate on the subject in 2000. German Biblical scholar Martin Hengel notes that Lüdemann's theory transcends the limits of historical research, by providing an analysis which is not verifiable.
Divine simplicity is the hallmark of God’s transcendence of all else, ensuring that the divine nature is beyond the reach of ordinary categories and distinctions (or, at least, their ordinary application). "Simplicity in this way confers a unique ontological status that many philosophers find highly peculiar." [ 3]