George Chryssides

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b. 1945

George Chryssides is a British scholar of religious studies specializing in new religious movements, religious epistemology, and the philosophy of religion. He has held academic positions at the University of Wolverhampton and Birmingham, authoring extensive work on Jehovah's Witnesses, the Unification Church, and the epistemological foundations of religious belief. His philosophical contributions include critical engagement with probabilistic and evidentialist approaches to religious argument.

Notable Achievements

Authored landmark academic studies on Jehovah's Witnesses, including 'Jehovah's Witnesses: Continuity and Change'

Produced foundational scholarship on new religious movements in Britain and globally

Critically examined evidentialist and probabilistic frameworks in religious epistemology

Co-edited major reference works on new religious movements used in academic curricula

Contributed to interfaith dialogue through scholarly analysis of minority religious traditions

Positions & Arguments(1)

Natural Theology

claim

The objection that probabilistic arguments are only of interest when founded on all relevant available evidence is not a legitimate objection against confirmatory probabilistic arguments