Alvin Plantinga

Alvin Plantinga is an American philosopher whose rigorous scholarship over a half century has made theism – the belief in a divine reality or god – a serious option within the academy.

PLATINGA’S PIONEERING WORK began in the late 1950s, a time when academic philosophers generally rejected religiously informed philosophy. His arguments have influenced three generations of professional philosophers, and university departments around the world now include thousands of professors who bring their religious commitments to bear on their work, including Buddhist, Jewish, and Muslim philosophers.