東華大學圖書館 |

Language: English

Help

回圖書館首頁

手機版館藏查詢

Back

Switch To: Labeled | MARC Mode | ISBD

The Imago Dei and Pascal's Abductive...

Threlfall, Jonathan Mark.

Linked to FindBook

Google Book

Amazon

博客來

The Imago Dei and Pascal's Abductive Anthropological Argument.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The Imago Dei and Pascal's Abductive Anthropological Argument./
Author:	Threlfall, Jonathan Mark.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2018,
Description:	220 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 79-11, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International79-11A.
Subject:	Philosophy of religion. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10786637
ISBN:	9780355883336

The Imago Dei and Pascal's Abductive Anthropological Argument.
Threlfall, Jonathan Mark.

The Imago Dei and Pascal's Abductive Anthropological Argument. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2018 - 220 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 79-11, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018.

This item must not be added to any third party search indexes.

Endeavoring to invigorate a Pascalian approach to Christian persuasion, this dissertation asks: How might the doctrine of the imago Dei strengthen Pascal's anthropological argument? The central claim is that the doctrine of the imago Dei strengthens Pascal's anthropological argument by supplying greater detail to the explanation stage and accounts for more instances of humans' paradoxical condition. Chapter 1 demonstrates the need for this study. Even though Pascal's method appears to be a formidable tool for Christian apologists in a postmodern culture, it has received surprisingly little attention and clarity in apologetic literature. Moreover, no efforts have been made to strengthen his anthropological argument by correlating it with insights from the doctrine of the imago Dei. Chapter 2 reveals that the anthropological theme within Pascal's Pensees may be properly understood as a three-stage abductive argument consisting of data (instances of humans' paradoxical behavior), explanation (Christian anthropology), and elimination (other religions or worldviews fail to explain the human condition). Chapter 3 surveys the history of interpretation of the doctrine of the imago Dei. Despite their many differences, interpreters generally agree that (1) imagedness means that humans are ontologically constituted for a relationship with God, but that (2) human sin conflicts with their God-oriented constitution. Chapter 4 presents six propositions about imagedness. These propositions support the observation that imagedness and sinfulness conspire to render the human condition paradoxical: humans are self-opposing. Chapter 5 applies this understanding of the imago Dei to the explanatory stage of Pascal's anthropological argument, showing that the doctrine of the imago Dei provides a finer level of detail and explains more instances of humans' paradoxical condition. Chapter 6 shows that the Christiformic journeys of Augustine, C. S. Lewis, and Jonathan Edwards represent flesh-and-blood instances of Scripture's portrait of Christiformic image-bearers. These instances supply evidence that the doctrine of the imago Dei plausibly explains the human condition. Thus, they also strengthen Pascal's anthropological argument. Chapter 7 explains two larger aims of this dissertation: to contribute toward a broader vision of Christian persuasion and to exemplify how the disciplines of apologetics and biblical theology can be powerful allies.

ISBN: 9780355883336Subjects--Topical Terms:

2079698
Philosophy of religion.

The Imago Dei and Pascal's Abductive Anthropological Argument.
LDR:03657nmm a2200349 4500 001 2209268
005 20191104073130.5
008 201008s2018 ||||||||||||||||| ||eng d
020 $a 9780355883336
035 $a (MiAaPQ)AAI10786637
035 $a (MiAaPQ)sbts:10438
035 $a AAI10786637
040 $a MiAaPQ $c MiAaPQ
100 1 $a Threlfall, Jonathan Mark. $3 3436349
245 1 4 $a The Imago Dei and Pascal's Abductive Anthropological Argument.
260 1 $a Ann Arbor : $b ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, $c 2018
300 $a 220 p.
500 $a Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 79-11, Section: A.
500 $a Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
500 $a Advisor: Blount, Douglas K.
502 $a Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018.
506 $a This item must not be added to any third party search indexes.
506 $a This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.
520 $a Endeavoring to invigorate a Pascalian approach to Christian persuasion, this dissertation asks: How might the doctrine of the imago Dei strengthen Pascal's anthropological argument? The central claim is that the doctrine of the imago Dei strengthens Pascal's anthropological argument by supplying greater detail to the explanation stage and accounts for more instances of humans' paradoxical condition. Chapter 1 demonstrates the need for this study. Even though Pascal's method appears to be a formidable tool for Christian apologists in a postmodern culture, it has received surprisingly little attention and clarity in apologetic literature. Moreover, no efforts have been made to strengthen his anthropological argument by correlating it with insights from the doctrine of the imago Dei. Chapter 2 reveals that the anthropological theme within Pascal's Pensees may be properly understood as a three-stage abductive argument consisting of data (instances of humans' paradoxical behavior), explanation (Christian anthropology), and elimination (other religions or worldviews fail to explain the human condition). Chapter 3 surveys the history of interpretation of the doctrine of the imago Dei. Despite their many differences, interpreters generally agree that (1) imagedness means that humans are ontologically constituted for a relationship with God, but that (2) human sin conflicts with their God-oriented constitution. Chapter 4 presents six propositions about imagedness. These propositions support the observation that imagedness and sinfulness conspire to render the human condition paradoxical: humans are self-opposing. Chapter 5 applies this understanding of the imago Dei to the explanatory stage of Pascal's anthropological argument, showing that the doctrine of the imago Dei provides a finer level of detail and explains more instances of humans' paradoxical condition. Chapter 6 shows that the Christiformic journeys of Augustine, C. S. Lewis, and Jonathan Edwards represent flesh-and-blood instances of Scripture's portrait of Christiformic image-bearers. These instances supply evidence that the doctrine of the imago Dei plausibly explains the human condition. Thus, they also strengthen Pascal's anthropological argument. Chapter 7 explains two larger aims of this dissertation: to contribute toward a broader vision of Christian persuasion and to exemplify how the disciplines of apologetics and biblical theology can be powerful allies.
590 $a School code: 0207.
650 4 $a Philosophy of religion. $2 bicssc $3 2079698
650 4 $a Cultural anthropology. $3 2122764
650 4 $a Theology. $3 516533
690 $a 0322
690 $a 0326
690 $a 0469
710 2 $a The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. $b School of Theology. $3 2099693
773 0 $t Dissertations Abstracts International $g 79-11A.
790 $a 0207
791 $a Ph.D.
792 $a 2018
793 $a English
856 4 0 $u http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10786637