Contents
Preface
1. Campbell the Philosopher and His Philosophical Influences
1.1. The Life and Career of the “Sage of Bethany”
1.2. Overlooking Campbell
1.3. Campbell as a Philosopher
1.4. Campbell’s Primary Philosophical Influences
1.5. The Nature and Outline of This Book
1.6. Why This Project Matters
2. The Revealed-Idea Argument for the Existence of God
2.1. Was Campbell Opposed to Natural Theology?
2.2. Why Campbell Rejected Locke’s Cosmological Argument
2.3. Campbell’s Revealed-Idea Argument for the Existence of God
2.4. Objections and Replies
2.5. Conclusion
3. From Theism to Christian Theism: On the Arguments from, for, and against Miracles
3.1. Campbell’s Argument from Miracles for Christianity
3.2. Campbell’s Criteriological Argument for the Miracle of Resurrection
3.3. Hume’s “Of Miracles”
3.4. Campbell on Hume’s Argument against Belief in Miracles
3.5. Conclusion
4. On the Problem of Evil and the Problem of Divine Hiddenness
4.1. The Logical Problem of Evil and Campbell’s Free Will Defense
4.2. The Evidential Argument from Evil and Campbell’s Skeptical Theist Response
4.3. Campbell on the Problem of Divine Hiddenness
4.4. Conclusion
5. On Revelation, Divine Commands, and Morality
5.1. Campbell’s Moral Epistemology
5.2. The Problem of Biblical Silence and the Law of Expediency
5.3. Campbell and Divine Command Theory
5.4. The Euthyphro Dilemma
5.5. Conclusion
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index