Faith with Reason

Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-19-925663-1
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 202 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 295 g

Paul Helm investigates what religious faith is and what makes it reasonable. Helm argues that the reasonableness of faith depends not only on beliefs about the world but also on beliefs about oneself and on what one is willing to trust; he examines the relations between belief and trust, and between faith and virtue.

Paul Helm presents a new study of the nature of religious faith, investigating what makes it reasonable. Religious belief needs to meet and sustain philosophical scrutiny just as any other type of belief does; nothing about religion purchases immunity fro

Introduction; 1. Can Faith be Discussed?; 2. Faith and Foundationalism; 3. The Web of Belief; 4. Accumulated Evidence; 5. Belief and Believing; 6. 'The Believer'; 7. What is it to Trust God?; 8. Faith and Virtue; 9. Faith and Self-Reflection; Bibliography; Index

Autoren/Hrsg.

Helm, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Wissenschaften: Theorie, Epistemologie, Methodik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie

Über Autor(innen)

(King's College, London)