An Account Of Reason And Faith

Author : Brian Besong,Jonathan Fuqua
Publisher : Ignatius Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781642290738

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Too smart to believe in God? The twelve philosophers in this book are too smart not to, and their finely honed reasoning skills and advanced educations are on display as they explain their reasons for believing in Christianity and entering the Roman Catholic Church. Among the twelve converts are well-known professors and writers including Peter Kreeft, Edward Feser, J. Budziszewski, Candace Vogler, and Robert Koons. Each story is unique; yet each one details the various perceptible ways God drew these lovers of wisdom to himself and to the Church. In every case, reason played a primary role. It had to, because being a Catholic philosopher is no easy task when the majority of one's colleagues thinks that religious faith is irrational. Although the reasonableness of the Catholic faith captured the attention of these philosophers and cleared a space into which the seed of supernatural faith could be planted, in each of these essays the attentive reader will find a fully human story. The contributions are not merely collections of arguments; they are stories of grace.

Author : Michael Bergmann,Jeffrey E. Brower
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198732648

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Reason and Faith by Michael Bergmann,Jeffrey E. Brower Pdf

This volume presents ten new essays in philosophy of religion that develop and critically engage themes from the work of Richard Swinburne-one of the most influential thinkers in the discipline over the last fifty years. Written by a team of experts, the essays focus on key debates in both natural theology and philosophical theology.

Author : Terry Eagleton
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2009-04-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780300155501

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Reason, Faith, and Revolution by Terry Eagleton Pdf

On the one hand, Eagleton demolishes what he calls the "superstitious" view of God held by most atheists and agnostics and offers in its place a revolutionary account of the Christian Gospel. On the other hand, he launches a stinging assault on the betrayal of this revolution by institutional Christianity. There is little joy here, then, either for the anti-God brigade -- Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens in particular -- nor for many conventional believers. --Résumé de l'éditeur.

Author : John Norris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1740
Category : Faith
ISBN : BL:A0021105910

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Author : John Norris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1724
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590726037

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An account of reason & faith: in relation to the mysteries of Christianity by John Norris Pdf

Author : Creighton Rosental
Publisher : Mercer University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780881462531

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Lessons from Aquinas by Creighton Rosental Pdf

Thomas Aquinas has long been understood to have reconciled faith and reason. Typically, he is understood as having provided justification for faith by means of proof, particularly, that the Five Ways prove the existence of God. Under this interpretation, faith becomes a species of justified belief, and the justification for faith rests upon the success of the Five Ways (or, alternatively, on the success of other justificatory evidence). In this book, Creighton Rosental argues that Aquinas¿s account of faith is not one of justified belief, at least as it is understood in contemporary philosophy. Instead, Rosental argues, faith has its own basis for epistemic ¿reasonableness¿ ¿ a reasonableness that does not derive from ordinary evidence or proof. Rather than requiring evidence accessible to the natural light of reason, Aquinas holds that faith has its own sort of ¿evidence¿¿that which results from the light of faith. Aquinas ¿Aristotelianizes¿ faith and argues that faith has the Aristotelian epistemic virtue of certitude, and in so doing reconciles faith and Aristotelian reason, at least as Aristotle was understood by Medieval philosophers. This reconciliation resolves important tensions between Aristotelian science and Christian doctrine. Further, Rosental examines three contemporary accounts of what counts as an epistemically ¿responsible¿ belief (namely, justified belief, practical rationality, and warrant) and argue that under Aquinas¿s account, faith should be counted as rational, and in an important, though modified sense, as justified. Rosental¿s book is an erudite and accessible reading of this most fundamental issue in Thomistic studies.

Author : John H. Smith
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780801463273

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Dialogues between Faith and Reason by John H. Smith Pdf

The contemporary theologian Hans Küng has asked if the "death of God," proclaimed by Nietzsche as the event of modernity, was inevitable. Did the empowering of new forms of rationality in Western culture beginning around 1500 lead necessarily to the reduction or privatization of faith? In Dialogues between Faith and Reason, John H. Smith traces a major line in the history of theology and the philosophy of religion down the "slippery slope" of secularization—from Luther and Erasmus, through Idealism, to Nietzsche, Heidegger, and contemporary theory such as that of Derrida, Habermas, Vattimo, and Asad. At the same time, Smith points to the persistence of a tradition that grew out of the Reformation and continues in the mostly Protestant philosophical reflection on whether and how faith can be justified by reason. In this accessible and vigorously argued book, Smith posits that faith and reason have long been locked in mutual engagement in which they productively challenge each other as partners in an ongoing "dialogue." Smith is struck by the fact that although in the secularized West the death of God is said to be fundamental to the modern condition, our current post-modernity is often characterized as a "postsecular" time. For Smith, this means not only that we are experiencing a broad-based "return of religion" but also, and more important for his argument, that we are now able to recognize the role of religion within the history of modernity. Emphasizing that, thanks to the logos located "in the beginning," the death of God is part of the inner logic of the Christian tradition, he argues that this same strand of reasoning also ensures that God will always "return" (often in new forms). In Smith's view, rational reflection on God has both undermined and justified faith, while faith has rejected and relied on rational argument. Neither a defense of atheism nor a call to belief, his book explores the long history of their interaction in modern religious and philosophical thought.

Author : John Norris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1728
Category : Christianity
ISBN : OCLC:9093033

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An Account of Reason and Faith by John Norris Pdf

Author : John Norris
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 123037874X

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An Account of Reason and Faith by John Norris Pdf

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1740 edition. Excerpt: ... i.TITE have gain'd a most wonderful Point VV in the foregoing Chapter, bis qtrx ving the Dinstin&ion between things Above end things Contrary to Reason, and such as of it felt alone is sufficient Not only immediately to decide, but even for ever to Silence the Controversy between us and our Swims Adversaries concerning the Belief of things. above Reason. For the gofy Objection that is or can possibly bepretendedagainst the Belief of things above Reason being the supposed Contrariety of the sameihings to Reason, if it be shewn that to be above Reason involves no such 'Contrariety, then the Objection against the beireFof such things is fairly and wholly removed, and. consequently there remains no Reason why they may not be Believed. So that I cannot but look upon the Substance of my Work as most effectually done already, and those of our Adversaries that have any reasonable Measure of Penetration and Sincerity must needs be sensible of.it. And I dare appeal even to their own Consciences whether they are not. However consider ing ing the importunity of those I have to deal with, as well as the weight of the Cause it self, I shall endeavour the further establishment of it upon some other Considerations, whereby I shall also give further Confirmation, and so repay what i am indebted to the Point contended for in the preceding Chapter, since we may as well argue backwards from the Believableness of things above Reason to their not Contrariety, as forwards from their not Contrariety to their Believableness, the Consequence being full as good, thus, Above Reason Believable, therefore not Contrary, as thus, Above Reason not Contrary, therefore Believable. Now in order to the fuller Conviction and Demonstration of the Believableness of things...

Author : C. Stephen Evans
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 080284555X

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Faith Beyond Reason by C. Stephen Evans Pdf

This volume in the Reason & Religion series provides an explanation and defense of a view of faith and reason found in the writings of Soren Kierkegaard and others that is often called "fideism", a belief in faith beyond reason.

Author : Paul Helm
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802844510

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Faith and Understanding by Paul Helm Pdf

Faith and Understanding is the first book-length study of the age-old effort to understand Christianity from both the sides of faith and reason, looking at the work done by such figures as Augustine, Anselm, John Calvin, and Jonathan Edwards.

Author : Roberto Di Ceglie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000567816

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Aquinas on Faith, Reason, and Charity by Roberto Di Ceglie Pdf

This book offers a new reading of Aquinas’s views on faith. The author argues that the theological nature of faith is crucial to Aquinas’s thought, and that it gives rise to a particular and otherwise incomprehensible relationship with reason. The first part of the book examines various modern and contemporary accounts of the relationship between faith and reason in Aquinas’s thought. The author shows that these accounts are unconvincing because they exhibit what he calls a Lockean view of faith and reason, which maintains that the relationship between faith and reason should be treated only by way of evidence. In other words, the Lockean view ignores the specific nature of the Christian faith and the equally specific way it needs to relate to reason. The second part offers a comprehensive account of Aquinas’s view of faith. It focuses on the way the divine grace and charity shape the relationship between evidence and human will. The final part of the book ties these ideas together to show how Christian faith, with its specifically theological nature, is perfectly compatible with rational debate. It also argues that employing the specificity of faith may constitute the best way to promote autonomous and successful rational investigations. Aquinas on Faith, Reason, and Charity will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working on Aquinas, philosophy of religion, Christian theology, and medieval philosophy.

Author : A. W. Tozer
Publisher : Moody Publishers
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009-11-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781600663109

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Faith Beyond Reason by A. W. Tozer Pdf

Faith Beyond Reason, a book by A.W. Tozer, is a compilation of sermons on the book of John. It is within this series of sermons that you will find A.W. Tozer addressing the whole truth that all things are possible with God. Tozer takes us in Faith Beyond Reason to a new understanding of our spiritual birth and human conscience and addresses our enlightened spirit, inner knowledge and the resurrection. IT is these truths that sustain us in our Christian walk. Faith Beyond Reason comes to us with insights of faith and Tozer takes an in depth look and what it stands on. In Tozer's typical fashion and style, he explores the things that are beyond or frail human understanding. Faith Beyond Reason will leave you with a new and empowering sense of the faith while subtly revealing the power of God in our lives. The question every Christian must ask as they prepare to walk with God is, do they really believe that the God they worship will move heaven and earth for them if they truly trust in Him? The whole premise of this book is that with God nothing is impossible especially when it comes to His children. We must act with faith and do what is needed.

Author : Michael Bergmann,Jeffrey E. Brower
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198732648

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Reason and Faith by Michael Bergmann,Jeffrey E. Brower Pdf

This volume presents ten new essays in philosophy of religion that develop and critically engage themes from the work of Richard Swinburne-one of the most influential thinkers in the discipline over the last fifty years. Written by a team of experts, the essays focus on key debates in both natural theology and philosophical theology.

Author : Jason Lisle
Publisher : New Leaf Publishing Group
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781683440925

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Keeping Faith in an Age of Reason by Jason Lisle Pdf

“You can’t trust the Bible — it’s full of hundreds of contradictions.” Really? Just because the critic mindlessly declares it so? Don’t be so fast to believe everything you hear! In this book Dr. Jason Lisle examines 420 claims of Bible contradictions and sets the record straight. Contradiction #139 Was Abraham justified by faith or by works? Romans 4:2 - says by faith VS. James 2:21 - says by works Bifurcation fallacy. Abraham was justified both by faith and by works (James 2:24, 26). To “justify” means either to be in right moral standing or to show that one is (morally) in right standing. Abraham was justified by faith before God since God knows all things — including Abraham’s faith (James 2:23). God sees our hearts (1 Samuel 16:7), so we are justified before God by our faith alone, which God can see. But men cannot see another man’s faith. They only see the outward works that follow from inward faith. Therefore, Abraham was justified before men by the works that followed from his faith, since men cannot see faith but can see works. James explicitly teaches this (James 2:18–26).