REALISTS DIVIDED BY EPISTEMIC RELATIVISM. MORGAN ON NATURALISM AND TRIUNE CHRISTIANITY.

In the following paper I explore various aspects of Jamie Morgan's recent review essay of my Christianity and Critical Realism. I suggest that his reading of the book is flawed on at least three counts: he misreads the book as a work of Christian apologetics rather than as an attempt to enrich debat...

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Published in:	Journal of Critical Realism Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 72 - 92
Main Author:	Wright, Andrew
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Feb2016
Subjects:	Christianity & Critical Realism: Ambiguity, Truth & Theological Literacy (Book) Critical realism Relativity Christian apologetics Theology
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Summary:	In the following paper I explore various aspects of Jamie Morgan's recent review essay of my Christianity and Critical Realism. I suggest that his reading of the book is flawed on at least three counts: he misreads the book as a work of Christian apologetics rather than as an attempt to enrich debates surrounding the 'spiritual turn' in critical realism; his core claim that Christian theological science is closed to judgemental rationality in the public sphere is dependent on a neo-Kantian epistemology incompatible with critical realism; his substantial critique of Christian truth claims are dependent on Enlightenment and post-Enlightenment assumptions that are similarly incompatible with critical realism.