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A Fantastic Overview of the Discussion Surrounding Miracles by TIM MCGREW

11/22/2011

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http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/miracles/#ArgAgaMirCla
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The Problem of Miracles: A Historical and Philosophical Perspective by William Lane Craig

11/22/2011

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The Problem of Miracles:

A Historical and Philosophical Perspective

William Lane Craig

 "The Problem of Miracles: A Historical and Philosophical Perspective." In Gospel Perspectives VI, pp. 9-40. Edited by David Wenham and Craig Blomberg. Sheffield, England: JSOT Press, 1986.

Nineteenth Century Collapse of Belief in Miracles

There are two steps to follow in establishing that a miracle has occurred, according to the Göttingen professor of theology Gottfried Less in his Wahrheit der christlichen Religion (1758): first, one must determine the historicity of the event itself and, second, one must determine the miraculous character of that event.
1 During the ensuing century, the viability of both of these steps came to be regarded with scepticism, resulting in the general collapse within German theology of the credibility of the gospel miracle stories.


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Vindicating a Bayesian Approach to Confirming Miracles: A Response to J. Howard Sobel

11/22/2011

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An article written by John DePoe:
http://www.johndepoe.com/vindicating-miracles.pdf
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