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An epistemological corrective to doctrines of assurance
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dc.contributor.author | Rutledge, Jonathan Curtis | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-06-04T15:30:05Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-06-04T15:30:05Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-05-03 | |
dc.identifier | 259113892 | |
dc.identifier | 934f5268-ae2a-44e8-8f72-936e1cff4011 | |
dc.identifier | 85049263643 | |
dc.identifier | 000410149400010 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Rutledge , J C 2017 , ' An epistemological corrective to doctrines of assurance ' , European Journal for Philosophy of Religion , vol. 9 , no. 1 , pp. 163-177 . https://doi.org/10.24204/ejpr.v9i1.1869 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1689-8311 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-9521-8031/work/58056134 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/17813 | |
dc.description.abstract | Many Christian traditions affirm a doctrine of assurance. According to this doctrine, those who are saved have assurance of their own salvation; that is, the doctrine of assurance tells us that the elect can know their status as elect. In this paper, I explore two developments of the doctrine of assurance by theologians (i.e. John Calvin & Kenneth Keathley) and argue that they fail to accommodate the fallibilistic nature of human knowing. I then develop a fallibilistic doctrine of assurance, which makes such assurance available to most Christians, and respond to an objection from the camp of pragmatic encroachment. | |
dc.format.extent | 2104990 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | European Journal for Philosophy of Religion | en |
dc.subject | Assurance | en |
dc.subject | Pragmatic Encroachment | en |
dc.subject | Soteriology | en |
dc.subject | Salvation | en |
dc.subject | Skepticism | en |
dc.subject | BL Religion | en |
dc.subject | B Philosophy (General) | en |
dc.subject | T-NDAS | en |
dc.subject.lcc | BL | en |
dc.subject.lcc | B1 | en |
dc.title | An epistemological corrective to doctrines of assurance | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Divinity | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.24204/ejpr.v9i1.1869 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
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