Author : Alan Schwerin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1576040860
Reason and Belief
Alan Schwerin
Reason And Belief
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Belief
Francis S. Collins
Author : Francis S. Collins
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010-03-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780061978401
Belief by Francis S. Collins Pdf
“A brilliant, wide ranging and powerful series of readings on the possibilities, problems and mysteries of faith. This book belongs on the shelf of every believer—and every serious skeptic.” — Rabbi David Wolpe, author of Why Faith Matters “This life-giving, faith-filled and hard-nosed collection reveals why, as St. Anselm wrote, true faith always seeks to understand.” — Rev. James Martin, author of My Life with the Saints From Dr. Francis Collins, New York Times bestselling author of The Language of God, comes the definitive reader on the rationality of faith.
The Reason for God
Timothy Keller
Author : Timothy Keller
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2008-02-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781101217658
The Reason for God by Timothy Keller Pdf
A New York Times bestseller people can believe in—by "a pioneer of the new urban Christians" (Christianity Today) and the "C.S. Lewis for the 21st century" (Newsweek). Timothy Keller, the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, addresses the frequent doubts that skeptics, and even ardent believers, have about religion. Using literature, philosophy, real-life conversations, and potent reasoning, Keller explains how the belief in a Christian God is, in fact, a sound and rational one. To true believers he offers a solid platform on which to stand their ground against the backlash to religion created by the Age of Skepticism. And to skeptics, atheists, and agnostics, he provides a challenging argument for pursuing the reason for God.
Reason & Religious Belief
Michael L. Peterson
Author : Michael L. Peterson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105028488323
Reason & Religious Belief by Michael L. Peterson Pdf
Drawing from both classical and contemporary discussions, the authors examine topics of religious experience, faith and reason, theistic arguments, the problem of evil, religious language, miracles, life after death, and much more. The volume is enhanced by study questions and suggestions for further reading. The book also may serve as a companion to the authors' 1996 anthology, PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION.
Faith and Reason
Richard Swinburne
Author : Richard Swinburne
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2005-09-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780191536281
Faith and Reason by Richard Swinburne Pdf
Richard Swinburne presents a new edition of the final volume of his acclaimed trilogy on philosophical theology. Faith and Reason is a self-standing examination of the implications for religious faith of Swinburne's famous arguments about the coherence of theism and the existence of God. By practising a particular religion, a person seeks to achieve some or all of three goals - that he worships and obeys God, gains salvation for himself, and helps others to attain their salvation. But not all religions commend worship, and different religions have different conceptions of salvation. Faced with these differences, Richard Swinburne argues that we should practice that religion which has the best goals and is more probably true than the creeds of other religions. He proposes criteria by which to determine the probabilities of different religious creeds, and he argues that, while requiring total commitment, faith does not demand fully convinced belief. While maintaining the same structure and conclusions as the original classic, this second edition has been substantially rewritten, both in order to relate its ideas more closely to those of classical theologians and philosophers and to respond to more recent views. In particular he discusses, and ultimately rejects, the view of Alvin Plantinga that the 'warrant' of a belief depends on the process which produced it, and John Hick's contention that all religions offer valid paths to salvation.
Faith and Rationality
Alvin Plantinga,Nicholas Wolterstorff
Author : Alvin Plantinga,Nicholas Wolterstorff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015027239071
Faith and Rationality by Alvin Plantinga,Nicholas Wolterstorff Pdf
A collection of essays by contemporary Calvinist philosophers of religion that examine the epistemology of religious belief between Reformed and Roman Catholic philosophers.
Faith and Rationality
Nicholas Wolterstorff
Author : Nicholas Wolterstorff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1100339457
Faith and Rationality by Nicholas Wolterstorff Pdf
Pascal: Reasoning and Belief
Michael Moriarty
Author : Michael Moriarty
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780192588999
Pascal: Reasoning and Belief by Michael Moriarty Pdf
This book is a study of Blaise Pascal's defence of Christian belief in the Pensées. Michael Moriarty aims to expound—and in places to criticize—what he argues is a coherent and original apologetic strategy. Setting out the basic philosophical and theological presuppositions of Pascal's project, the present volume draws the distinction between convictions attained by reason and those inspired by God-given faith. It also presents Pascal's view of the contradictions within human nature, between the 'wretchedness' (our inability to live the life of reason, to attain secure and durable happiness) and the 'greatness' (the power of thought, manifested in the very awareness of our wretchedness). His mind-body dualism and his mechanistic conception of non-human animals are discussed. Pascal invokes the biblical story of the Fall and the doctrine of original sin as the only credible explanation of these contradictions. His analysis of human occupations as powered by the twin desire to escape from painful thoughts and to gratify one's vanity is subjected to critical examination, as is his conception of the self and self-love. Pascal argues that just as Christianity propounds the only explanation for the human condition, so it offers the only kind of happiness that would satisfy our deepest longings. He thus reasons that we have an interest in investigating its truth-claims as rooted in the Bible and in history. The closing chapters of this book discuss Pascal's view of Christian morality and the famous 'wager' argument for opting in favour of Christian belief.
Reason and Religious Belief
Anonim
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Christianity
ISBN : OCLC:1011728680
Reason and Religious Belief by Anonim Pdf
The Impact Of Reason On Faith, Ethics And Belief
Geran F. Dodson
Author : Geran F. Dodson
Publisher : Vernon Press
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781622730575
The Impact Of Reason On Faith, Ethics And Belief by Geran F. Dodson Pdf
The purpose of the book is to examine the theological claims of ethics, faith and belief from a philosophical perspective. The Abrahamic and Mosaic covenants of the Old Testament, Jesus of the synoptic gospels, and Paul’s writings serve as the frame of reference in examining a biblical expression of reason and structured logic. The message of Jesus centered on the Kingdom of God, defined the meaning of faith and belief, established a new ethic, and framed the message in logic forms. The life and death of Jesus brought the realization of God’s final covenant as prophesied by the Old Testament. However, Paul appropriated and developed the Jesus of history into the mythological eschatological Christ figure. The clash of philosophy and theology is evident with theological presuppositions that are based on spiritual insight and divine revelation. Logic in scripture employs propositions based primarily on revealed proof that is within the context of that which cannot be proven absolutely. Uncovering the identity of YHWH in the manuscripts and religious practices of Canaanite culture clearly associated YHWH with the polytheism of the Ugarit texts. YHWH was one of the seventy sons of the Canaanite Most High God El and took on a unique identity that was rooted in El and the polytheistic nature of the pantheon of gods. Theological truths stand within the context of faith and reason stands apart from faith and infers only that which can be proven based on evidence. That which is knowable by faith cannot be known by reason since reason cannot validate that which is not proven to exist.
Reason & Religious Belief
Michael Peterson,William Hasker,Bruce Reichenbach,David Basinger
Author : Michael Peterson,William Hasker,Bruce Reichenbach,David Basinger
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0199946574
Reason & Religious Belief by Michael Peterson,William Hasker,Bruce Reichenbach,David Basinger Pdf
Reason and Religious Belief, now in its fifth edition, explores perennial questions in the philosophy of religion. Drawing from the best in both classical and contemporary discussions, the authors examine religious experience.
The Believing Brain
Michael Shermer
Author : Michael Shermer
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-24
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781429972611
The Believing Brain by Michael Shermer Pdf
The Believing Brain is bestselling author Michael Shermer's comprehensive and provocative theory on how beliefs are born, formed, reinforced, challenged, changed, and extinguished. In this work synthesizing thirty years of research, psychologist, historian of science, and the world's best-known skeptic Michael Shermer upends the traditional thinking about how humans form beliefs about the world. Simply put, beliefs come first and explanations for beliefs follow. The brain, Shermer argues, is a belief engine. From sensory data flowing in through the senses, the brain naturally begins to look for and find patterns, and then infuses those patterns with meaning. Our brains connect the dots of our world into meaningful patterns that explain why things happen, and these patterns become beliefs. Once beliefs are formed the brain begins to look for and find confirmatory evidence in support of those beliefs, which accelerates the process of reinforcing them, and round and round the process goes in a positive-feedback loop of belief confirmation. Shermer outlines the numerous cognitive tools our brains engage to reinforce our beliefs as truths. Interlaced with his theory of belief, Shermer provides countless real-world examples of how this process operates, from politics, economics, and religion to conspiracy theories, the supernatural, and the paranormal. Ultimately, he demonstrates why science is the best tool ever devised to determine whether or not a belief matches reality.
Faith with Reason
Paul Helm
Author : Paul Helm
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Faith and reason
ISBN : 9780198238454
Faith with Reason by Paul Helm Pdf
He argues that the reasonableness of faith depends not only on beliefs about the world but also on beliefs about oneself (for instance about what one wants, about one's hopes and fears) and on what one is willing to trust. Helm goes on to look at the relations between belief and trust, and between faith and virtue, and concludes with an exploration of one particular type of belief about oneself, the belief that one is oneself a believer. This is a book for anyone interested in the basis of religious faith."--BOOK JACKET.
Reasons for Belief
Andrew Reisner,Asbjørn Steglich-Petersen
Author : Andrew Reisner,Asbjørn Steglich-Petersen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781139503044
Reasons for Belief by Andrew Reisner,Asbjørn Steglich-Petersen Pdf
Philosophers have long been concerned about what we know and how we know it. Increasingly, however, a related question has gained prominence in philosophical discussion: what should we believe and why? This volume brings together twelve new essays that address different aspects of this question. The essays examine foundational questions about reasons for belief, and use new research on reasons for belief to address traditional epistemological concerns such as knowledge, justification and perceptually acquired beliefs. This book will be of interest to philosophers working on epistemology, theoretical reason, rationality, perception and ethics. It will also be of interest to cognitive scientists and psychologists who wish to gain deeper insight into normative questions about belief and knowledge.
Return to Reason
Kelly James Clark
Author : Kelly James Clark
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1990-03-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 080280456X
Return to Reason by Kelly James Clark Pdf
Clark provides a penetrating critique of the Enlightenment assumption of evidentialism--that belief in God requires the support of evidence or arguments to be rational. His assertion is that this demand for evidence is itself both irrelevant and irrational. His work bridges the gap between technical philosopher and educated layperson.