About the Contributor(s): Jan E. Evans is Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director in the Division of Spanish and Portuguese, Department of Modern Foreign Languages at Baylor University, Waco, Texas. She holds the PhD from Michigan State University and is the author of Unamuno and Kierkegaard: Paths to Selfhood in Fiction (2005).

Christian Philosophical Theology constitutes a Christian philosopher's look at various crucial topics in Christian theology, including belief in God, the nature of God, the Trinity, christology, the resurrection of Jesus, the general resurrection, redemption, and theological method. The book is tightly argued, and amounts to a coherent explanation of and case for the Christian world view. Although written from a broadly Reformed Protestant perspective, and although the author does not avoid controversial topics, his aim is to present a merely Christian' world view (to adapt slightly C. S....

The book '... should be assured of the attention of the many on both sides of the Atlantic who are fascinated by this subject.' John Hick

This book began as a series of papers at a conference called "Death and Afterlife" held in Claremont, California in January, 1987 under the auspices of the Department of Religion of the Claremont Graduate School. The responses to each paper and several comments are also included.

This book represents conversations between philosophers and theologians on several issues of current theological interest. God, the church, theological authority, atonement, the Holy Spirit, religious ethics, the problem of evil, and other topics are debated by top-notch theologians and philosophers of various theological and philosophical persuasions. Since contemporary philosophers and theologians seldom communicate professionally, this book represents a fascinating and highly unusual cross-disciplinary conversation.