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shared by modern psychologists. If Plantinga is Eric Johnson (USA),
right, the Christian psychologist is also within Ph.D., is Professor
her epistemic rights to hold to specifically Chri- of Pastoral Care at
stian beliefs, discourse rules, and ethical stan- Southern Baptist
dards, and allow them to influence her research, Theological Semi-
theory-building, and practice, regardless of the nary and the direc-
“discourse rules” and “ethical standards” of the tor of the Society
modernist majority that dominates the fields of for Christian Psy-
psychology and psychotherapy currently. Also, chology.
it is significant that Plantinga’s model of epi-
stemology is itself an example of a specifically ejohnson@sbts.edu
Christian type of philosophy, one that makes
certain Christian assumptions and argues on
the basis of them, regardless of whether ratio- cept. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
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