granted such privileged epistemic status in the citadels of contemporary Christian thought? Church history has had its share of detractors who view libertarian free will as hazardous to the Christian faith. In 1757, the philosopher, theologian, and pastor, Jonathan Edwards, wrote in a letter: I think the notion of liberty, consisting in a contingent self determination of the will, as necessary to morality of men’s dispositions and actions almost inconceivably pernicious.… Notions of this