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MURPHY 347 Fortifying the Petard: A Response to ADAM LLOYD JOHNSON 357 One of Erik Wielenberg’s Criticisms of the Divine Command Theory Reply to Craig, Murphy, McNabb, and Johnson ERIK J. WIELENBERG 365 ARTICLES The Imago Dei and Blaise Pascal’s JONATHAN MARK THRELFALL 379 Abductive Anthropological Argument Does the Purpose Theory of the Meaning ELLIOTT R. CROZAT 401 of Life Entail an Irrational God? Theistic Evolution, Intelligent ROBERT LARMER 415 Design, and the Charge of Deism The Open Theistic Multiverse TIMOTHY BLANK 429 The Argument from Disagreement to CHRISTOPHER W. LOVE 443 Moral Skepticism: A “Worldview” Reply Origen on Demonic Ignorance: And Why It Might TRAVIS DUMSDAY 463 Still Matter for the Theology of World Religions Christian Materialism and Demonic Temptation MATTHEW J. HART 481 Intentionality contra Physicalism: On DALLAS WILLARD AND 497 the Mind’s Independence from the Body BRANDON RICKABAUGH Extending the Debate on the Argument from VICTOR REPPERT 517 Reason: A Further Response to David K. Johnson Retiring the Argument from Reason: DAVID KYLE JOHNSON 541 Another Reply to Reppert PHILOSOPHICAL NOTES Evil Does Not Pose Any Special BENJAMIN H. ARBOUR AND 567 Problem for Berkeleyan Idealism: GREGORY E. TRICKETT An Idealist Response to John DePoe What’s Wrong with Theistic Evolution? WILLIAM HASKER 581 BOOK REVIEWS Nicholas Rescher, Metaphysical Perspectives J. P. MORELAND 593 Geraint Lewis and Luke Barnes, A Fortunate WILLIAM LANE CRAIG 596 Universe: Life in a Finely Tuned Cosmos Ola Hössjer, Becoming a Christian: LYDIA MCGREW 599 Combining Prior Belief, Evidence, and Will NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS 604 PHILOSOPHIA CHRISTI 327 Editor’s Introduction You have in your hands