Faith in Certain Terms

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-53329-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 330 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Analytic and Systematic Theology

This book considers how certainty and faith are related in the Christian faith. It asks: How certain can Christian believers be about their beliefs about God? Should Christians doubt the assurance of their salvation? The chapters provide a historical analysis of both certainty of faith and assurance from the early Church to modern times while also paying attention to confessional differences. The author explores contemporary debates in analytic epistemology on the certainty and fallibility of our beliefs and argues for a fallibilist understanding of Christian faith. The book also addresses some less-discussed arguments that threaten the certainty of faith and offers an account of faith as cognitive practice. It will be of interest to scholars of both theology and philosophy.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vainio, Olli-Pekka

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Some preliminary considerations 3. Certainty and the Church 4. Faith, Certainty and Fallibilism 5. Faith and doubt 6. Certainty challenged

Über Autor(innen)

Olli-Pekka Vainio is Professor Of Dogmatics, Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki.