@article{Rutledge_2017, title={An Epistemological Corrective to Doctrines of Assurance}, volume={9}, url={https://www.philosophy-of-religion.eu/index.php/ejpr/article/view/1869}, DOI={10.24204/ejpr.v9i1.1869}, abstractNote={<p>Many Christian traditions affirm a doctrine of assurance. According to this doctrine, those who are saved have assurance of their own salvation; that is, the doctrine of assurance tells us that the elect can know their status as elect. In this paper, I explore two developments of the doctrine of assurance by theologians (i.e. John Calvin & Kenneth Keathley) and argue that they fail to accommodate the fallibilistic nature of human knowing. I then develop a fallibilistic doctrine of assurance, which makes such assurance available to most Christians, and respond to an objection from the camp of pragmatic encroachment.</p>}, number={1}, journal={European Journal for Philosophy of Religion}, author={Rutledge, Jonathan C.}, year={2017}, month={May}, pages={163–177} }