Foundations of Christian Scholarship: Essays in the Van Til Perspective

Description

The contents of this book represents an attempt to apply the philosophical teachings of Cornelius Van Til to various academic disciplines. All of the contributors believe with Van Til that the revelation of God to men in the Bible is the authoritative starting point and the final court of intellectual appeal on earth. Each contribution is offered on the assumption that all forms of secular knowledge have been constructed on foundations of epistemological sand. They represent an attempt to avoid the “baptized secularlism” of the modern Christian colleges. We offer, hopefully, a thoroughly biblical set of foundations for Christian scholarship.

Table of Contents

PART ONE – EPISTEMOLOGICAL CRITICISM
Chapter 1 – The Epistemological Crisis of American Universities – by Gary NorthChapter
Chapter 2 – The Quest for Common Ground – by Rousas Rushdoony

PART TWO – ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES
Chapter 3 – Psychology – by Rousas Rushdoony
Chapter 4 – History – by C. Gregg Singer
Chapter 5 – Economics – by Gary North
Chapter 6 – Education – by William Blake
Chapter 7 – Political Science – by Lawrence Pratt
Chapter 8 – Sociology – by Gary North
Chapter 9 – Mathematics – by Vern Poythress

PART THREE – FOUNDATIONS FOR CHRISTIAN RECONSTRUCTION
Chapter 10 – Apologetics – Greg Bahnsen
Chapter 11 – Philosophy – Greg Bahnsen
Chapter 12 – Theology – John Frame