 In response to this kind of criticism, theologians in the “postliberal” tradition (inspired by Barth) have argued that revelation is not an epistemological concept at all. The Christian doctrine of revelation does not purport to explain how Christina beliefs are justified. Instead, it provides an intra-theological explication of God’s prevenient grace (Thiemann 1985: 4). Some have even gone so far as to say that “the very idea that the Bible is revealed … is a claim that creates more trouble than it is worth” (Hauerwas 1981: 57). For postliberal theologians in general, Christian beliefs are justified by being part of a coherent web of beliefs (Marshall 2000).