Volume 1 – Issue 1 Spring 2005

Contingency in Classical Creation: Problems with Plantinga’s Free-Will Defense

by Neil Torda | Oct 2, 2018 | Volume 1 - Issue 1 Spring 2005

Alvin Plantinga’s Free Will Defense is a milestone in Christian apologetics. It introduced much-needed precision into the discussion of the Problem of Evil. It helped to show how rich a Christian’s philosophical options are, and to increase respect for Christian...

Between the Narrow Gate and Wittgenstein’s Hard Way: On Being a Believer and a Wittgensteinian

by Neil Torda | Oct 2, 2018 | Volume 1 - Issue 1 Spring 2005

This essay seeks to clarify for myself some of the difficulties (some philosophical, others not purely philosophical) I encounter in trying to follow a Wittgensteinian approach to philosophy of religion. To Rush Rhees, Wittgenstein said, in referring to doing...

Re-vision-ing the Mormon Concept of Deity

by Neil Torda | Oct 2, 2018 | Volume 1 - Issue 1 Spring 2005

I want to focus on a concept in the Mormon scriptures that is rarely discussed— the concept of divinity-as-such. This concept has been obscured in Mormon thought in part because of the emphasis on the distinctness of the divine per- sons. Mormons have focused on the...

Contingency in Classical Creation: Problems with Plantinga’s Free-Will Defense

Between the Narrow Gate and Wittgenstein’s Hard Way: On Being a Believer and a Wittgensteinian

Re-vision-ing the Mormon Concept of Deity

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