Rationality And Religious Belief

Author : Robert Audi
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780191619526

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Rationality and Religious Commitment by Robert Audi Pdf

Rationality and Religious Commitment shows how religious commitment can be rational and describes the place of faith in the postmodern world. It portrays religious commitment as far more than accepting doctrines—it is viewed as a kind of life, not just as an embrace of tenets. Faith is conceived as a unique attitude. It is irreducible to belief but closely connected with both belief and conduct, and intimately related to life's moral, political, and aesthetic dimensions. Part One presents an account of rationality as a status attainable by mature religious people—even those with a strongly scientific habit of mind. Part Two describes what it means to have faith, how faith is connected with attitudes, emotions, and conduct, and how religious experience may support it. Part Three turns to religious commitment and moral obligation and to the relation between religion and politics. It shows how ethics and religion can be mutually supportive even though ethics provides standards of conduct independently of theology. It also depicts the integrated life possible for the religiously committed—a life with rewarding interactions between faith and reason, religion and science, and the aesthetic and the spiritual. The book concludes with two major accounts. One explains how moral wrongs and natural disasters are possible under God conceived as having the knowledge, power, and goodness that make such evils so difficult to understand. The other account explores the nature of persons, human and divine, and yields a conception that can sustain a rational theistic worldview even in the contemporary scientific age.

Author : Robert Audi,William J. Wainwright
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UVA:X001065909

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Rationality, Religious Belief, and Moral Commitment by Robert Audi,William J. Wainwright Pdf

This book is unified by three broad concerns: the rationality of belief in God, the relation between religion and morality, and the explication of the concept of God. The essays are, however, marked by diversity. Some focus on historical figures, such as Aquinas and Locke; others bring recent epistemological and metaphysical developments to bear on problems of religious belief. Some of the papers explore neglected issues central to religious practice, such as the question of how total devotion to God can permit other deep commitments; others apply philosophical distinctions from within a religious tradition, for example, in setting out a Christian approach to the problem of evil.

Author : Jeff Jordan,Daniel Howard-Snyder
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Religion
ISBN : 084768153X

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Faith, Freedom, and Rationality by Jeff Jordan,Daniel Howard-Snyder Pdf

The philosophy of religion, once considered a deviation from an otherwise analytically rigorous discipline, has flourished over the past two decades. This collection of new essays by twelve distinguished philosophers of religion explores three broad themes: religious attitudes of belief, acceptance, and love; human and divine freedom; and the rationality of religious belief.

Author : Cornelius F. Delaney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Religion
ISBN : OCLC:37977823

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Rationality and Religious Belief by Cornelius F. Delaney Pdf

Author : Thomas D. Senor
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781501744839

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The Rationality of Belief and the Plurality of Faith by Thomas D. Senor Pdf

A veritable who's who in the field of contemporary philosophy of religion here considers various issues in the epistemology of religious beliefs. The writings of William P. Alston, the leading figure in the revival of the Anglo-American philosophy of religion, provide the focus of these essays, all but two previously unpublished. Philosophers of religion, meta-physicians, epistemologists, and theologians will find in this volume some of the most important work available in the theory of knowledge and the epistemic status of religious belief.

Author : Joshua L. Golding
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781351773294

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Rationality and Religious Theism by Joshua L. Golding Pdf

Throughout the ages one of the central topics in philosophy of religion has been the rationality of theistic belief. This book proposes that parties on both sides of this debate might shift their attention in a different direction, by focusing on the question of whether it is rational to be a religious theist. Explaining that having theistic beliefs is primarily a cognitive affair but being a religious theist involves a whole way of life that includes one's beliefs, Golding argues that it can be pragmatically rational to be a religious theist even if the evidence for God’s existence is minimal. The argument is applied to the case of Judaism, articulating what is involved in religious Judaism and arguing that it is rationally defensible to be a religious Jew. The book concludes with a discussion of whether a similar argument might be constructed for other versions of religious theism such as Christianity or Islam, and for non-theistic religions such as Taoism or Buddhism. Joshua Golding offers a carefully wrought explanation of how it can be rational for someone to live a religious life, in particular (but not necessarily only), a traditional Jewish life.

Author : Hans van Eyghen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783319902395

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New Developments in the Cognitive Science of Religion by Hans van Eyghen Pdf

It is widely thought that the cognitive science of religion (CSR) may have a bearing on the epistemic status of religious beliefs and on other topics in philosophy of religion. Epistemologists have used theories from CSR to argue both for and against the rationality of religious beliefs, or they have claimed that CSR is neutral vis-à-vis the epistemic status of religious belief. However, since CSR is a rapidly evolving discipline, a great deal of earlier research on the topic has become dated. Furthermore, most of the debate on the epistemic consequences of CSR has not taken into account insights from the philosophy of science, such as explanatory pluralism and explanatory levels. This volume overcomes these deficiencies. This volume brings together new philosophical reflection on CSR. It examines the influence of CSR theories on the epistemic status of religious beliefs; it discusses its impact on philosophy of religion; and it offers new insights for CSR. The book addresses the question of whether or not the plurality of theories in CSR makes epistemic conclusions about religious belief unwarranted. It also explores the impact of CSR on other topics in philosophy of religion like the cognitive consequences of sin and naturalism. Finally, the book investigates what the main theories in CSR aim to explain, and addresses the strengths and weaknesses of CSR.

Author : Mikael Stenmark
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780268091675

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Rationality in Science, Religion, and Everyday Life by Mikael Stenmark Pdf

Mikael Stenmark examines four models of rationality and argues for a discussion of rationality that takes into account the function and aim of such human practices as science and religion.

Author : Michael C. Banner
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X001740214

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The Justification of Science and the Rationality of Religious Belief by Michael C. Banner Pdf

In this critical examination of recent accounts of the nature of science and of its justification given by Kuhn, Popper, Lakatos, Laudan, and Newton-Smith, Banner contends that models of scientific rationality which are used in criticism of religious beliefs are in fact often inadequate as accounts of the nature of science. He argues that a realist philosophy of science both reflects the character of science and scientific justifications, and suggests that religious belief could be given a justification of the same sort.

Author : Kelly James Clark
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781467456555

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God and the Brain by Kelly James Clark Pdf

Does cognitive science show that religious belief is irrational? Kelly James Clark brings together science and philosophy to examine some of humanity’s more pressing questions. Is belief in God, as Richard Dawkins claims, a delusion? Are atheists smarter or more rational than religious believers? Do our genes determine who we are and what we believe? Can our very creaturely cognitive equipment help us discover truth and meaning in life? Are atheists any different from Mother Teresa? Clark’s surprising answers both defend the rationality of religious belief and contribute to the study of cognitive science. God and the Brain explores complicated questions about the nature of belief and the human mind. Scientifically minded, philosophically astute, and reader-friendly, God and the Brain provides an accessible overview of some new cognitive scientific approaches to the study of religion and evaluates their implications for both theistic and atheistic belief.

Author : Jürgen Habermas
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780745694412

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Religion and Rationality by Jürgen Habermas Pdf

This important new volume brings together Habermas' key writing on religion and religious belief. Habermas explores the relations between Christian and Jewish thought, on the one hand, and the Western philosophical tradition on the other. In so doing, he examines a range of important figures, including Benjamin, Heidegger, Johann Baptist Metz and Gershom Scholem. In a new introduction written especially for this volume, Eduardo Mendieta places Habermas' engagement with religion in the context of his work as a whole. Mendieta also discusses Habermas' writings in relation to Jewish Messianism and the Frankfurt School, showing how the essays in Religion and Rationality, one of which is translated into English for the first time, foreground an important, yet often neglected, dimension of critical theory. The volume concludes with an original extended interview, also in English for the first time, in which Habermas develops his current views on religion in modern society. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars in theology, religious studies and philosophy, as well as to all those already familiar with Habermas' work.

Author : Godehard Brüntrup,R.K. Tacelli
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401592895

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The Rationality of Theism by Godehard Brüntrup,R.K. Tacelli Pdf

In May 1998, a distinguished group of philosophers met in Munich to discuss the rationality of theism. This volume is a collection of the papers read at that conference. While in recent years the rationality of theistic belief has been widely discussed, the Munich conference was an event of some moment in the history of philosophical dialogue: for the first time German- and English-speaking philosophers of religion, representatives of both the Continental and the Anglo-Saxon traditions, joined together to grapple with a common philosophical theme. This multiplicity of perspectives brought a unique richness to the analysis of rationality that no one tradition by itself could provide. Readers will find that richness displayed in the pages of this book. Professional philosophers will find here a great deal to stimulate and challenge them; but graduate students, capable undergraduates, and all others with a serious interest in the philosophy of religion will be well rewarded for their efforts to come to grips with these thought-provoking papers.

Author : Roger Trigg
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1998-06-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0631197486

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Rationality and Religion by Roger Trigg Pdf

Rationality and Religion deals with the perennial question of how far religious faith needs reason.

Author : Sarah Coakley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781107402249

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Sacrifice Regained by Sarah Coakley Pdf

This inaugural lecture by Sarah Coakley, delivered at the University of Cambridge on 13th October 2009, considers the striking cultural dominance, in the latter part of the twentieth century, of a violent and negative rendition of the notion of sacrifice. Coakley asks whether it is a coincidence that at the same time, philosophers of religion have tended to be in notable retreat from bold public claims about the rationality of Christian truth. In contrast to this double trend, and in riposte to the 'New Atheism' of the secularists, Coakley argues that the most recent deliveries from evolutionary biology augur a vision of sacrifice which is both rationally defensible and biologically grounded. Evolutionary dynamics, religious practice and hermeneutics, and new arguments for the rationality of belief belong together; and this nexus of themes demands the closest attention as the world confronts the profoundest ecological crisis it has yet known.

Author : Robert Audi
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199609574

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Rationality and Religious Commitment by Robert Audi Pdf

Can it be rational to be religious? Robert Audi gives a persuasive positive answer through an account of rationality and a rich, nuanced understanding of what religious commitment means. It is not just a matter of belief, but of emotions and attitudes such as faith and hope, of one's outlook on the world, and of commitment to live in certain ways.