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The philosophy of religion is a living, dynamic discipline. This lesson examines four major contemporary debates: Plantinga's case for warranted Christian belief, William Lane Craig's revival of the Kalam cosmological argument, the challenge of the New Atheism (particularly Dawkins), and the responses of Christian philosophers such as Alister McGrath. These debates shape the current landscape of the philosophy of religion and demonstrate the ongoing vitality of the discipline.
Alvin Plantinga (b. 1932) developed his mature epistemology across three major works: Warrant: The Current Debate (1993), Warrant and Proper Function (1993), and Warranted Christian Belief (2000). The trilogy represents the most sophisticated defence of the rationality of Christian belief in contemporary philosophy.
Plantinga defines warrant as the quality that distinguishes genuine knowledge from mere true belief. A belief has warrant when it is produced by cognitive faculties that are:
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