The author's condensed version of many of the arguments made in his Warranted Christian Belief.

The author wishes to make a rational defense for Christian belief using traditional epistemology. To this end he explores wider questions about whether we can speak and think about God (a fairly easy refutation of some Enlightenment excess), what warranted belief in God might look like, his "extended Aquinas/Calvin model" for warranted belief, and exploration of some of the possible "defeaters" for this belief.

From what I can tell it's a good short introduction to Plantinga's way of approaching things, his critiques of many models of epistemology, the advancement of the "sensus divinatus", and a robust rationalist attempt at a justifiable Christian epistemology.

For the average reader a lot of the points may seem inane or pedantic. The Calvinism is strong in this one, and that very much informs his posture and his epistemology. The work is hailed for what it attempts to do with the tools it wants to attempt to do it with, but I find the work to be a great demonstration of the inability to really anchor faith in this kind of apologetic endeavor. The argument against the evil "defeater" proves to be sleight of hand, and much of the refutations end up being attempts to finely distinguish between terminology - a helpful endeavor to some extent, but ultimately not one that can support the weight of what the author would try to have it bear.

Thus, a great work of apologetics to expose the limitations of apologetics. No wonder the Apostles insisted on proclaiming their witness of the Christ and the work of God as attested in Scripture and in Jesus. ( )

Plantinga faz uma defesa da crença teísta. Mostrando que é possível pensar e falar sobre Deus e que a crença cristã tem garantia. No final do livro, ele rebate alguns possíveis anuladores da crença cristã. O livro possui uma boa linguagem, precisei reler algumas partes, mas, no geral, achei uma leitura simples. ( )