The Case Against Christianity

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Temple University Press, 1991 - 273 pàgines

In this systematic philosophical critique of the major tenets of Christianity, Michael Martin examines the semantic and epistemological bases of religious claims and beliefs. Beginning with a comparison and evaluation of the Apostles' Creed, the Niceno-Chalcedonian Creed, and the Athanasian Creed, Martin discusses the principal theological, historical, and eschatological assumptions of Christianity. These include the historicity of Jesus, the Incarnation, the Second Coming, the Virgin Birth, the Resurrection, Salvation through faith in Jesus, and Jesus as a model of ethical behavior.

Until now, an adequately convincing criticism of Christianity did not exist. Martin's use of historical evidence, textual analysis, and interpretations by philosophers and theologians provides the strongest case made to date against the rational justification of Christian doctrines.

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Continguts

The Basis of Christian Belief
18
Christian Doctrines as Basic Beliefs
27
The Historicity of Jesus
36
Criticisms of the Wellsian Thesis
59
Conclusion
67
The Resurrection
73
Habermass Defense of the Resurrection ཆོ8 gཎྜ ངྦྲྀལྦ
96
The Virgin Birth and the Second Coming
105
Conclusion
191
Salvation by Faith
197
Evaluation of the Doctrine
203
Conclusion
211
Other Possible Responses
223
The Divine Command Theory
229
A Modified Divine Command Theory
241
Conclusion
249

The Incarnation
125
Christian Ethics
162
Evaluation of Jesus Ethics
169
Conclusion
262
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Sobre l'autor (1991)

Michael Martin, Professor of Philosophy at Boston University, is the author of The Legal Philosophy of H.L.A. Hart and Atheism: A Philosophical Justification (both from Temple).

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