ABSTRACT
Alvin Plantinga's fundamental claim in Warranted Christian Belief is simple enough on the surface: beliefs about God, if true, can possess epistemic warrant sufficient for knowledge. Beneath the surface, however, is a complex series of interlocking arguments, claims, and assumptions. Nevertheless, it is possible to discern three important 'layers' or 'levels' to Plantinga's religious epistemology: his 'underlying' epistemology, the theological implications of his account of the formation of faith, and his methodological assumptions about the task of religious epistemology. The theological commitments are expressed in the form of the Aquinas/Calvin (A/C) and Extended A/C Models. The theological content of the A/C Model reflects the same basic theological intuitions that have been present in Plantinga's work on religious epistemology even since his first work on religious epistemology, God and Other Minds. The scope of Plantinga's project can also be seen in the diversity of avenues a critique of his project might take. This chapter explores some ancillary avenues of critique.
