Greg Bahnsen
Greg Bahnsen | |
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| Born | September 17, 1948 Auburn, Washington, U.S. |
| Died | December 11, 1995 (aged 47) |
| Education | |
| Education | Westmont College (BA) Westminster Theological Seminary (MDiv, ThM) University of Southern California (PhD) |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Presuppositionalism, Christian philosophy |
| Notable ideas | Presuppositional apologetics, postmillennialism, theonomy |
Gregory Lyle Bahnsen (/ˈbɑːnsən/; September 17, 1948 – December 11, 1995), credited in most of his books as Greg Bahnsen, was an American Calvinist philosopher and Christian apologist. He was a minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and a full-time Scholar in Residence for the Southern California Center for Christian Studies (SCCCS). He is also considered a contributor to the field of Christian apologetics, as he popularized the presuppositional method of Cornelius Van Til. He is the father of David L. Bahnsen, an American portfolio manager, author, and television commentator.