 One of the most carefully argued contemporary defenses of fideism is C. Stephen Evans’s book Faith Beyond Reason. Evans attempts to rehabilitate – or perhaps habilitate – the term by distinguishing “responsible” forms of fideism from various irrationalistic alternatives. Whereas the latter pit faith directly against reason, the former contend that faith can appropriately take over where reason leaves matters of ultimate concern unresolved. Drawing on Kierkegaard’s thought, Evans contends that while there are limits to reason, they are limits which it is reasonable for reason to acknowledge.