There has long ceased to be a generally accepted philosophical framework in terms of which Christianity can appropriately be expressed and defended. There is instead a plurality of philosophical perspectives and methodsanalytic,
phenomenological, idealist, pragmatist, and existentialist. Thus modern Christianity, having inherited a body of doctrines developed in the framework of ancient worldviews that are now virtually defunct, lacks any philosophy of comparable status in
terms of which to rethink its beliefs.