https://koersjournal.org.za/index.php/koers/issue/feed 2024-04-20T00:00:00+00:00 Michael Heyns [email protected] Open Journal Systems <p>Koers is an accredited scholarly journal that strives to promote foundational reflection in science. This research includes contemplation of the philosophical presuppositions of scientific disciplines, as well as reflection on the role of worldview in science. The Koers Association, as the official body, has been in existence since 1926. The Koers: Bulletin for Christian Scholarship is the association’s interdisciplinary and peer-reviewed journal which has appeared quarterly since 1935.</p> <p><br />Koers promotes the development of Christian scholarship/science in all fields of science and publishes original (mainly reflective) research contributions with an integrated worldview as the foundation. We provide a platform for authors to engage constructively and critically with Christian scholarly/scientific points of view in all fields of science.</p> <p><br />Editor-in-Chief: Professor Annette Combrink, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa.</p> <p><br />Financial support and affiliation: Koers Association (South Africa).</p> https://koersjournal.org.za/index.php/koers/article/view/2505 2021-01-25T21:41:25+00:00 Bill Nyman [email protected]

<p>Pascal’s <em>Wager</em> is probably the most analyzed apologetic argument in the history of apologetics. What has often been the case, however, is that this piece of Pascal’s <em>Pens</em><em>é</em><em>es</em> has often been misinterpreted and taken out of the Pascal’s total apologetic work. For that reason, the <em>Wager</em> has been misappropriated and has undergone a battery of misplaced criticism. Taken in its proper context, the <em>Wager</em> is a beautiful vindication of the Christian faith, cleverly constructed to make the skeptic re-think his position and contemplate the importance of the Christian faith. Much confusion exists about the placement of this particular <em>Pens</em><em>é</em><em>es</em>, and where it is situated in his overall apology (<em>Pens</em><em>é</em><em>es </em>418) lends itself to the challenge of what has become “the Many Gods Objection.” For that reason, I would suggest that Pascal’s <em>Wager</em> belongs at the very beginning of his <em>Pens</em><em>é</em><em>es</em>, where the rest of the <em>Pens</em><em>é</em><em>es</em> are an explanation for the reason Christianity is the most attractive belief. Postmodern philosophers have re-appropriated the <em>Wager</em> and made it fit their own philosophical and theological presuppositions playing in the hands of the “Many-Gods-Objection.” This paper describes the beauty of Pascal’s <em>Wager</em> in its proper context and expresses the erroneous postmodern appropriation of the Wager.</p>

2024-04-04T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2024 Bill Nyman https://koersjournal.org.za/index.php/koers/article/view/2512 2021-06-18T16:43:13+00:00 Jeremy Ive [email protected]

<p>Herman Dooyeweerd and Dirk H. Th. Vollenhoven played complementary roles in the development of Reformational philosophy. This paper examines the role that Dooyeweerd had to play and examines the development of his philosophy.</p> <p><a href="https://doi.org/10.19108/KOERS.89.1.2512"><img src="https://koersjournal.org.za/public/site/images/editor/DOI_logo.svg_(2)_31.png" alt="" />https://doi.org/10.19108/KOERS.89.1.2512</a></p>

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