CTR n.s.19/1 (Fall 2021) 27–50 Against Infallibility Steven Nemes North Phoenix Preparatory Academy, Phoenix, AZ I. INTRODUCTION Analytic theology is theology done with the sensibilities, tools, and stylistic commitments of analytic philosophy. Now, on the one hand, even if not all analytic theologians themselves are Protestants, 1 indeed even if there is no one substantial dogmatic thesis to which all analytic theologians as such are committed, 2 nevertheless a considerable number of the more prominent and innovative contributors to this burgeoning theological movement are themselves Protestants of one sort or another. 3 Thus, despite the protestations and skepticism of some, 4 it would seem that analytic theology has the potential to make considerable contributions to Protestant discourse and thought. On the other hand, some analytic philosophers (not only philosophers of religion but also 1 Among Christians, Tim and Faith Glavey Pawl are Roman Catholics, whereas Jonathan Jacobs, Terence Cuneo, and Richard Swinburne are Eastern Orthodox. There are also many Jewish, Muslim, and other non-Christian analytic theologians. Volume 8 of Journal of Analytic Theology includes discussions of Mormon and Wiccan analytic theology as well. 2 Thomas H. McCall, An Invitation to Christian Analytic Theology (Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2015), 24ff.; Michael C. Rea, “Introduction,” in Analytic Theology: New Essays in the Philosophy of Theology, ed. Oliver D. Crisp and Michael C. Rea (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009), 2–7. 3 Consider the proposals of James M. Arcadi, An Incarnational Model of the Eucharist (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2018); Oliver D. Crisp, Analyzing Doctrine: Toward a Systematic Theology (Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2019); and James T. Turner Jr., On the Resurrection of the Dead: A New Metaphysics of Afterlife for Christian Thought (New York: Routledge, 2018). 4 See Martin Westerholm, “Analytic theology and contemporary inquiry,” International Journal of Philosophy and Theology 80, no. 3 (2019), 230–54. See also the response to Westerholm in Steven Nemes, “Can analytic theology be phenomenological?” forthcoming in Journal of Analytic Theology.