1. The purpose of this Blog is twofold:
(a) To make some basic resources about Gordon H. Clark available on the Web:
- A Chronology of Clark's Life and Works.
- A Bibliography of Clark's Writings.
- Some Important Documents Relating to Clark's Career.
(b) To record some of my notes related to Gordon H. Clark's writings:
- Quotations about Clark.
- A Glossary of Clarkian Terms.
- Notes on Different Clarkian Topics.
2. Who is Gordon H. Clark?
("Gordon Clark", Wikipedia):
"Gordon Haddon Clark (August 31, 1902 – April 9, 1985) was an American philosopher and Calvinist theologian. He was a leading figure associated with presuppositional apologetics and was chairman of the Philosophy Department at Butler University for 28 years. He was an expert in pre-Socratic and ancient philosophy and was noted for his rigor in defending propositional revelation against all forms of empiricism and rationalism, in arguing that all truth is propositional and in applying the laws of logic. His theory of knowledge is sometimes called scripturalism."
3. Three very good introductory essays on Gordon H. Clark are:
(a) "A Wide and Deep Swath" (1968) by Carl F.H. Henry.
Carl F.H. Henry (1913 - 2003) was a student of Clark's at Wheaton College in the 1930s.
(b) "Gordon H. Clark" (1993) by Ronald H. Nash.
Ronald H. Nash (1936 - 2006) was the editor of a Festschrift for Clark.
(c) "An Introduction to Gordon H. Clark" (1993) by John W. Robbins.
John W. Robbins (1948 - 2008) was the founding President of The Trinity Foundation and publisher of Clark's writings.
4. The publisher of Gordon H. Clark's books is The Trinity Foundation:
http://www.trinityfoundation.org/
Some of Clark's articles are published or republished in The Trinity Review, which are free to download at the Foundation's website.
Some of Clark's audio lectures are also free to download at the "MP3 Download Lectures" section of the Foundation's website.
References:
"Gordon Clark", Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Clark
(accessed 2013-11-21).
"Ronald Nash", Theopedia,
http://www.theopedia.com/Ronald_Nash
(accessed 2013-11-21).
Henry, Carl F.H. 1968. A wide and deep swath. In The Philosophy of Gordon H. Clark, ed. Ronald H. Nash. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company.
Nash, Ronald H. 1993. Gordon H. Clark. In Handbook of Evangelical Theologians, ed. Walter A. Elwell, 182-192. Grand Rapids. Michigan: Baker Books.
Robbins, John W. 1993. An introduction to Gordon H. Clark. The Trinity Review (July, August): 1-10.
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