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Subject: Readings recommended by 張國棟

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Date Posted: 15:00:50 04/14/05 Thu
In reply to: Liberal 's message, "Faith is Arbitrary Choice" on 03:26:41 04/13/05 Wed

...let me suggest some articles and books for you to read.

Alvin Plantinga is the best scholar to read on this topic. Here are two simple articles, one by him, one by me introducing him:
http://occr.christiantimes.org.hk/art_0006.htm
http://occr.christiantimes.org.hk/art_0010.htm

Then you may read his student's book:
Kelly James Clark, Return to Reason
中譯：重返理性，北大出版社

If you get really serious, read Plantinga's own writings such as:
"Reason and Belief in God" in Plantinga and Wolterstorff eds., Faith and Rationality (University of Notre Dame Press, 1983).

One of Plantinga's most important works has been translated into Chinese, by some scholars and me:
《基督教信念的知識地位》北京大學出版社，2004

I do not agree with him on some other issues but his account on this topic is the best so far, particularly insightful to people who care about other branches of knowledge like natural sciences, not just theology alone.

If you think it's too biased merely because all are about one person (though I don't think so), you may also read Richard Swinburne, Revelation (Clarendon Press). Also his The Existence of God (Clarendon Press). These are part of his 'series' (he doesn't call that a series) that offers a highly rational case for Christian theism. But mind that all of the books in that series are very difficult. He has spent almost 20 years to complete that series. I doubt if a layman could finish half of a book.

http://www.christiantimes.org.hk/Common/Reader/News/ShowNews.jsp?Nid=28481&Pid=1&Version=0&Cid=146&Charset=big5_hkscs

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sorry, 題外話: 這兒得8頁嗎?? 以利達 17:00:35 04/14/05 Thu

Re: sorry, 題外話: 這兒得8頁嗎?? Clement LO 17:24:29 04/14/05 Thu

對話式的網站 -- Liberal, 18:29:33 04/14/05 Thu

大家盡量將相似主題 group 埋一齊出,唔好出太多新主題!!! Liberal 18:22:47 04/14/05 Thu