1. EVANGELICALS AND EPISTEMOLOGY.- The Need for a Canonically-Based Epistemological Approach.- Scope and Delimitations.- What Is Evangelical?.- Canonical-Epistemological Methodology.- Epistemological Assumptions.- Hermeneutical Assumptions.
- Canonical-Epistemological Method.- 2. THEOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE FORMATION IN CONTEMPORARY EVANGELICAL THEOLOGY.- The Founding Fathers of Evangelicalism.- Early Trends in Evangelical Epistemology.- Locating Contemporary Evangelical Epistemology.- Evidentialist Foundationalism.- Ontological and Epistemological Assumptions.
- Reality.- Intuitional Perception.- Reason.- Truth.- Belief.- Formation of Theological Knowledge.- Test for Truth.- Justification of Theistic Belief.
- Justification of Christian Belief.- Proper Functionalism.- Ontological and Epistemological Assumptions.- Reality.- Perception.- Reason.- Truth.- Belief.
- Formation of Theological Knowledge.- The Concept of Warrant.- The Aquinas/Calvin Model.- The Extended Aquinas/Calvin Model.- Postfoundationalism.- Ontological and Epistemological Assumptions .- Reality.- Truth.
- Belief.- Epistemic Sources.- Formation of Theological Knowledge.- The Reality of God.- The Knowability of God.- God as Community.- Person-in-Community.- Conflicting Models .
- Exploring a Possible Resolution .- 3. and γινÏÎºÏ as prototypical Case Studies for the formation of theological knowledge in the bible.- Introducing Cognitive Linguistics .- Applying Cognitive Linguistics to the Bible.- Old Testament Cognitive Analysis.- Profile-Base-Cognitive Domain Relations.- Unification of Profile-Base-Domain Relations .
- Judgment.- Covenant.- Covenant Lawsuit.- Deliverance, Warfare, and Restoration.- Providence, Guidance, and Praise.- Prophecy and Sanctuary.- Kinship, Creation, and Rulership.- Matrix of Domains.
- Prototypical Scenario.- The Schematic Meaning of .- New Testament Cognitive Analysis.- Profile-Base-Cognitive Domain Relations.- Unification of Profile-Base-Domain Relations.- Mission.- Obedience.- Teaching.
- Covenant.- Prophecy.- Judgment.- Miracles.- Matrix of Domains.- Prototypical Scenario.- The Schematic Meaning of γινÏκÏ.- Conclusions.
- 4. TOWARDS A CANONICAL MODEL OF THEOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE FORMATION.- Theological Knowledge Formation Entails Embodied Awareness.- Theological Knowledge Formation Is Relational-Participative.- Theological Knowledge Formation Is Revelational.- Theological Knowledge Formation Is Temporal-Historical.- Theological Knowledge Formation Is both Communitarian and Individual.- Theological Knowledge Formation Is Fostered by Mission.
- Theological Knowledge Formation Is Fostered by Covenantal Obedience.- A Critical Conversation of the Evangelical Epistemological Models.- Comparison of Ontological and Epistemological Assumptions.- Reality.- Perception.- Reason.- Truth.- Belief.
- Comparison of the Formation of Theological Knowledge .- Theistic Belief.- Christian Belief.- 5. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.- APPENDIXES.- A. Meaning of in Lexicons and Theological Dictionaries.
- B. Trajector-Landmark-Cognitive Domain Relationship for .- C. Meaning of γινÏÎºÏ in Lexicons and Theological Dictionaries.- D. Trajector-Landmark-Cognitive Domain Relationship for γινÏκÏ.- E. Occurrences of Temporal and Atemporal Profiles for and γινÏκÏ.
- Bibliography.