The Certainty Of Doubt

Author : Mark Schaefer
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532653438

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The Certainty of Uncertainty by Mark Schaefer Pdf

The world is full of people who are very certain—in politics, in religion, in all manner of things. In addition, political, religious, and social organizations are marketing certainty as a cure all to all life’s problems. But is such certainty possible? Or even good? The Certainty of Uncertainty explores the question of certainty by looking at the reasons human beings crave certainty and the religious responses we frequently fashion to help meet that need. The book takes an in-depth view of religion, language, our senses, our science, and our world to explore the inescapable uncertainties they reveal. We find that the certainty we crave does not exist. As we reflect on the unavoidable uncertainties in our world, we come to understand that letting go of certainty is not only necessary, it’s beneficial. For, in embracing doubt and uncertainty, we find a more meaningful and courageous religious faith, a deeper encounter with mystery, and a way to build strong relationships across religious and philosophical lines. In The Certainty of Uncertainty, we see that embracing our belief systems with humility and uncertainty can be transformative for ourselves and for our world.

Author : Thiselton, Anthony C.
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802873538

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Doubt, Faith, and Certainty by Thiselton, Anthony C. Pdf

Pastoral reflections on doubt from an internationally respected theologian In this book celebrated theologian Anthony Thiselton provides clarity on three complicated and long-misunderstood theological concepts that raise urgent practical, pastoral problems for Christians: doubt, faith, and certainty. According to Thiselton, doubt is not always bad, faith can have different meanings in different circumstances, and certainty is fragile. Drawing on his expertise in the fields of exegesis and hermeneutics, biblical studies, and the history of Christian thought, Thiselton works his way through the labyrinth of past definitions while offering better, more nuanced theological understandings of doubt, faith, and certainty. The result is a book that speaks profoundly to existential concerns.

Author : Gregory A. Boyd
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441244543

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Benefit of the Doubt by Gregory A. Boyd Pdf

In Benefit of the Doubt, influential theologian, pastor, and bestselling author Gregory Boyd invites readers to embrace a faith that doesn't strive for certainty, but rather for commitment in the midst of uncertainty. Boyd rejects the idea that a person's faith is as strong as it is certain. In fact, he makes the case that doubt can enhance faith and that seeking certainty is harming many in today's church. Readers who wrestle with their faith will welcome Boyd's message that experiencing a life-transforming relationship with Christ is possible, even with unresolved questions about the Bible, theology, and ethics. Boyd shares stories of his own painful journey, and stories of those to whom he has ministered, with a poignant honesty that will resonate with readers of all ages.

Author : Mark A. Schaefer
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532653452

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The Certainty of Uncertainty by Mark A. Schaefer Pdf

The world is full of people who are very certain--in politics, in religion, in all manner of things. In addition, political, religious, and social organizations are marketing certainty as a cure all to all life's problems. But is such certainty possible? Or even good? The Certainty of Uncertainty explores the question of certainty by looking at the reasons human beings crave certainty and the religious responses we frequently fashion to help meet that need. The book takes an in-depth view of religion, language, our senses, our science, and our world to explore the inescapable uncertainties they reveal. We find that the certainty we crave does not exist. As we reflect on the unavoidable uncertainties in our world, we come to understand that letting go of certainty is not only necessary, it's beneficial. For, in embracing doubt and uncertainty, we find a more meaningful and courageous religious faith, a deeper encounter with mystery, and a way to build strong relationships across religious and philosophical lines. In The Certainty of Uncertainty, we see that embracing our belief systems with humility and uncertainty can be transformative for ourselves and for our world.

Author : Miles Fairburn,William Hosking Oliver
Publisher : Victoria University Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 086473302X

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The Certainty of Doubt by Miles Fairburn,William Hosking Oliver Pdf

"Essays ... written by Peter Munz's friends and colleagues to celebrate his 75th birthday ... themes ... [include] history, the philosophy of history, the philosophy of science and the problems of knowledge ... reflect[ing] ... Munz's intellectual interests and achievements"--Back cover.

Author : Cullen Murphy
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9780618091560

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God's Jury by Cullen Murphy Pdf

A narrative history of the Inquisition, and an examination of the influence it exerted on contemporary society, by the author of ARE WE ROME?

Author : Peter Enns
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780062272102

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The Sin of Certainty by Peter Enns Pdf

The controversial evangelical Bible scholar and author of The Bible Tells Me So explains how Christians mistake “certainty” and “correct belief” for faith when what God really desires is trust and intimacy. With compelling and often humorous stories from his own life, Bible scholar Peter Enns offers a fresh look at how Christian life truly works, answering questions that cannot be addressed by the idealized traditional doctrine of “once for all delivered to the saints.” Enns offers a model of vibrant faith that views skepticism not as a loss of belief, but as an opportunity to deepen religious conviction with courage and confidence. This is not just an intellectual conviction, he contends, but a more profound kind of knowing that only true faith can provide. Combining Enns’ reflections of his own spiritual journey with an examination of Scripture, The Sin of Certainty models an acceptance of mystery and paradox that all believers can follow and why God prefers this path because it is only this way by which we can become mature disciples who truly trust God. It gives Christians who have known only the demand for certainty permission to view faith on their own flawed, uncertain, yet heartfelt, terms.

Author : John Zachary Young
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1982-03-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780313233647

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Doubt and Certainty in Science by John Zachary Young Pdf

Young's thesis concludes that the higher activities of humans can be illuminated through an examination of the actual brain functions that produce them, and that these processes can be closely compared to those of a calculating machine.

Author : Lesslie Newbigin
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1995-03-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781467420839

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Proper Confidence by Lesslie Newbigin Pdf

Looking to end the divisive conflict that has raged between Christians who attack each other either as "liberals" or as "fundamentalists," Newbigin here gives a historical account of the roots of this conflict in order to begin laying the foundation for a middle ground that will benefit the Christian faith as a whole. What results is a perspective that allows Christians to confidently affirm the gospel as public truth in our pluralistic world.

Author : Tony Rothman,George Sudarshan
Publisher : Basic Books (AZ)
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1998-10-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015043009540

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Doubt And Certainty by Tony Rothman,George Sudarshan Pdf

Can we learn anything from parallels between physics and Eastern philosophy?

Author : C.W. Anderson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780190492366

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Apostles of Certainty by C.W. Anderson Pdf

From data-rich infographics to 140 character tweets and activist cell phone photos taken at political protests, 21st century journalism is awash in new ways to report, display, and distribute the news. Computational journalism, in particular, has been the object of recent scholarly and industry attention as large datasets, powerful algorithms, and growing technological capacity at news organizations seemingly empower journalists and editors to report the news in creative ways. Can journalists use data--along with other forms of quantified information such as paper documents of figures, data visualizations, and charts and graphs--in order to produce better journalism? In this book, C.W. Anderson traces the genealogy of data journalism and its material and technological underpinnings, arguing that the use of data in news reporting is inevitably intertwined with national politics, the evolution of computable databases, and the history of professional scientific fields. It is impossible to understand journalistic uses of data, Anderson argues, without understanding the oft-contentious relationship between social science and journalism. It is also impossible to disentangle empirical forms of public truth telling without first understanding the remarkably persistent Progressive belief that the publication of empirically verifiable information will lead to a more just and prosperous world. Anderson considers various types of evidence (documents, interviews, informational graphics, surveys, databases, variables, and algorithms) and the ways these objects have been used through four different eras in American journalism (the Progressive Era, the interpretive journalism movement of the 1930s, the invention of so-called "precision journalism," and today's computational journalistic moment) to pinpoint what counts as empirical knowledge in news reporting. Ultimately the book shows how the changes in these specifically journalistic understandings of evidence can help us think through the current "digital data moment" in ways that go beyond simply journalism.

Author : Joachim Schulte
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1844658287

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Wittgenstein on Certainty and Doubt by Joachim Schulte Pdf

Wittgenstein's last work, On Certainty, is widely regarded as his third masterpiece of philosophy and one of his most enigmatic writings. On Certainty explores the ways in which claims of indisputable knowledge are expressed, and how language forms the basis of such claims. On Certainty has largely been read as representing a break with Wittgenstein's previous thinking, but this study places these ideas firmly in the development of his thought since the 1930s. Wittgenstein on Certainty and Doubt illuminates Wittgenstein's examination of the logical features of epistemic terms--such as 'know', 'believe' and 'doubt'--and his interrogation of the foundations of human knowledge, the extent to which our knowledge is immune from doubt, and the conflicts between different articulations of knowledge.

Author : Giovanni Augello
Publisher : Independently published
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781983131738

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DOUBT by Giovanni Augello Pdf

We live in an age in which there appears to be no such thing as absolute truth. People seek comfort in political, religious and cultural ideologies which seem to offer a solution to this current morass of relative values. Unfortunately, uncritical acceptance of these ideologies, beyond a shadow of a doubt, can lead the way to a dangerous intolerance. There is, however, a valuable tool which we can use to submit any aspect of life to critical reason and defeat all forms of intolerance: doubt. Doubt widens our horizons and enables us to seek a higher truth which will set us free. Bertrand Russell said: “The fundamental cause of trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt”. He was right: in fact the best teachers I have had in life were not the ones who provided certain answers to my doubts, but those who questioned my certainties...

Author : John Patrick Shanley
Publisher : Theatre Communications Group
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2008-12-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781559366205

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Doubt (movie tie-in edition) by John Patrick Shanley Pdf

Move tie-in edition of te Pulitzer Prize winning play.

Author : William R. Fey (o.f.m.cap.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1926
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1203532060

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Faith and Doubt by William R. Fey (o.f.m.cap.) Pdf