Redeeming Reason

Vern S. Poythress (PhD, Harvard University; ThD, University of Stellenbosch) is Distinguished Professor of New Testament, Biblical Interpretation, and Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he has taught for four decades. In addition to earning six academic degrees, he is the author of numerous books and articles on biblical interpretation, language, and science.

• TablesDiagramsIntroduction Chapter 1: Where to Start in Redeeming Reasoning Part I: God as the Source of Rationality   Chapter 2: God’s RationalityChapter 3: God’s Rationality Expressed       Chapter 4: Implications of the Image of God Part II: Analogy        Chapter 5: The Nature of Analogy in ThoughtChapter 6: Analogy as a Perspective on Classification        Chapter 7: Analogy in the Three Fundamental Laws of Logic Part III: Kinds of Analogy   Chapter 8: Analogy in Varied Contexts         Chapter 9: Analogy in Varied CommunicationChapter 10: Tight Analogy and Loose AnalogyPart IV: Guidance for Analogy       Chapter 11: Guidance in the Use of AnalogyChapter 12: Context in God  Chapter 13: Perspectives on Ethics, Applied to Analogies  Chapter 14: Judicial Deliberations     Part V: Deriving Perspectives on RationalityChapter 15: The Idea of a Perspective         Chapter 16: Perspectives by Persons of the Trinity Chapter 17: Perspectives on Our Knowledge of God           Chapter 18: Perspectives on Analogies in General   Part VI: Simplicity and the Doctrine of GodChapter 19: The Simplicity of God and Perspectives           Chapter 20: Using Analogies in the Doctrine of GodChapter 21: Conclusion          Appendices on Modeling Analogies  Appendix A: Modeling the Complexity of AnalogyAppendix B: Analysis Using AnalogyBibliographyGeneral IndexScripture Index