The Framework
A methodological and intellectual framework within Christian philosophy that employs rigorous analytical reasoning—drawing systematically from the natural sciences, formal sciences, social sciences, humanities, and interdisciplinary fields—to construct positive evidential and logical support for the existence of the God of classical theism and the truth claims of Christianity.
Analytical Theism maintains two core claims: (1) one can arrive at a religious stance through purely analytical means, and (2) honest analytical engagement with reality necessarily opens to transcendence.
Core Concepts
The Divine Algorithm
A three-step iterative methodology for convergence toward religious understanding: Radical Honesty, Orientation Toward the Greatest Good, and Iterative Recalibration.
Learn more →Convergent Epistemology
A multi-source approach to knowledge that synthesizes evidence from multiple disciplines, recognizing that truth can be approached from many directions.
Learn more →Objective-Symbolic Duality
The insight that truth operates simultaneously on objective and symbolic levels, analogous to wave-particle duality in quantum physics.
Learn more →Entropy Bending
The practical application of the framework—using the Divine Algorithm to reduce ethical entropy and increase the probability of flourishing.
Learn more →The Nietzschean Provenance
Taking Nietzsche's challenge seriously and demonstrating how radical intellectual honesty, when pursued with sufficient depth, opens to transcendence.
Learn more →Sources of Evidence
Analytical Theism draws upon a comprehensive range of academic disciplines, treating each as a potential avenue through which features of reality point toward or corroborate theistic conclusions.
Sciences
Physics, chemistry, biology, neuroscience, consciousness
Formal Sciences
Mathematics, logic, information theory, systems
Social Sciences
Psychology, sociology, anthropology, economics
Humanities
History, arts, literature, law
Philosophy
Metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, philosophy of religion
Theology & Religion
Systematic theology, biblical studies, religious studies
Argumentative Structure
Analytical Theism advances its case through several complementary modes of reasoning:
- Deductive: Proceeding from necessarily true premises to certain conclusions
- Inductive: Proceeding from observed patterns to probable conclusions
- Abductive: Identifying theism as the most comprehensive explanation for a range of phenomena
- Cumulative Case: Synthesizing multiple independent lines of evidence
- Convergent: Iterative processes that move increasingly closer to truth
Theological Conclusion
Affirmation of a personal, transcendent, omnipotent, omniscient, and morally perfect God—the God of classical Christian theism—as the best explanation for the cumulative evidence drawn from creation, reason, and human experience.
Historical Lineage
Analytical Theism stands in continuity with a long tradition of Christian intellectual engagement:
- The Patristic synthesis of faith and Greek philosophy (Augustine, Origen)
- Medieval scholasticism (Anselm, Aquinas, Duns Scotus)
- Early modern natural theology (Leibniz, Paley, Butler)
- Contemporary analytic philosophy of religion (Plantinga, Swinburne, Craig)