Abstract

The purpose of this dissertation was to explore the thesis that the complementary proposals of Carl Henry, J. I. Packer, and Ronald Nash concerning the correspondence of revelation and reason provide a promising ground for objective theological knowledge. ;The first chapter surveyed the theological context in terms of the challenge of modernity, the response of theology, and the contribution of evangelical theology in the modern context. In addition, the current challenge of postmodernity and the contribution of evangelical theology in the postmodern context were briefly noted. ;Chapters two through four respectively considered the proposals of Carl Henry, J. I. Packer, and Ronald Nash concerning the correspondence of revelation and reason. Each chapter included a biographical profile and a preliminary critique. The analysis of Henry's proposal treated the concept of the Logos in Western philosophy and the Logos as the ground of an objective epistemology. The analysis of Packer's proposal considered the concept of revelation in modern theology and revelation as communication from God to humanity. The analysis of Nash's proposal considered epistemology and belief in God and the correspondence of revelation and reason. ;The final chapter synthesized the epistemological foundation of Carl Henry, J. I. Packer, and Ronald Nash in terms of the Logos and epistemology, the image of God in humanity, the objectivity of revelation, evangelical presuppositionalism, and the evangelical proposal in the postmodern context. The chapter then proposed a similar yet purely formal epistemological foundation in terms of points of affirmation of the evangelical proposal, the necessity of a purely formal foundation, the elements of the formal foundation, and the formal foundation in the postmodern context. The conclusion of the dissertation was that the complementary proposals of Carl Henry, J. I. Packer, and Ronald Nash concerning the correspondence of revelation and reason do provide a promising ground for objective theological knowledge