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Author : Kent C. Lin
Publisher : Xulon Press
ISBN 13 : 1607912120
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (79 download)
Download or read book The Rationality of Christian Doctrines written by Kent C. Lin and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2009-02 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lydia Schumacher
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317011287
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Theological Philosophy written by Lydia Schumacher and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-17 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For much of the modern period, theologians and philosophers of religion have struggled with the problem of proving that it is rational to believe in God. Drawing on the thought of Thomas Aquinas, Theological Philosophy seeks to overturn the longstanding problem of proving faith's rationality and to establish instead that rationality requires to be explained by appeals to faith. Building on a constructive argument developed in a companion book, Rationality as Virtue, Lydia Schumacher advances the conclusion that belief in the God of Christian faith provides an exceptionally robust rationale for rationality and is as such intrinsically rational. At the same time, Schumacher overcomes a common tendency to separate spiritual from ordinary life, and construes the latter as the locus of proof for the rationality of Christian faith.
Author : John Hendry
Publisher : Little Rowarth
ISBN 13 : 9781838393298
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (932 download)
Download or read book The Rationality of Christian Belief written by John Hendry and published by Little Rowarth. This book was released on 2021-03-22 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is a common theme of atheist critics that Christian belief is irrational. In making this claim, however, they routinely assume that what Christians mean by belief is essentially the same as what scientists and philosophers mean by it, i.e. a kind of objective knowledge claim. In a religious context, however, as in everyday language, beliefs more commonly refer to more subjective attitudes of trust and commitment, and while these may well rely on knowledge claims they don't necessarily do so. Varying from one person to another, religious beliefs may or may not be irrational, and even if irrational they may still be quite reasonable, all things considered, as practical choices and commitments. In this book, written for the general reader, John Hendry explores the variety of ways in which Christians believe and the rationality and reasonableness of the resulting beliefs, as well as of atheist alternatives. Beginning with introductions to philosophical reasoning, the meanings of belief and the varieties of Christian believing, the book includes rational comparisons of theism, atheism and physicalism and rational analyses of both literal and more allegorical understandings of Christian doctrine, with a particular focus on claims of revelation. It concludes that while Christian beliefs are not necessarily irrational they tend in practice to be so. There is a tension between rationality and Christian belief that is hard to avoid. There are contexts, however, in which we quite reasonably set aside specific demands of rationality without compromising our rationality more generally, and religion, it is argued, is one of these contexts. Christianity is at root a choice as to how to live one's life, what to believe in and what to commit to, and whilst it is not everybody's choice it would seem on the whole to be a perfectly reasonable one.
Author : John Steinfort Kedney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.M/5 ( download)
Download or read book Christian Doctrine Harmonized and Its Rationality Vindicated written by John Steinfort Kedney and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stephen T Davis
Publisher : Lion Books
ISBN 13 : 0745980074
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (459 download)
Download or read book Rational Faith written by Stephen T Davis and published by Lion Books. This book was released on 2017-02-17 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If God exists, why doesn't he eliminate suffering and evil? Does evolution disprove Christianity? Can religion be explained by cognitive science? People have grappled for ages with these kinds of questions. And many in today's academic world find Christian belief untenable. But renowned philosopher Stephen Davis argues that belief in God is indeed a rational and intellectually sound endeavor. Drawing on a lifetime of rigorous reflection and critical thinking, he explores perennial and contemporary challenges to Christian faith. Davis appraises objections fairly and openly, offering thoughtful approaches to common intellectual problems. Real questions warrant reasonable responses. Examine for yourself the rationality of the Christian faith.
Author : Lydia Schumacher
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317011295
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Theological Philosophy written by Lydia Schumacher and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-17 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For much of the modern period, theologians and philosophers of religion have struggled with the problem of proving that it is rational to believe in God. Drawing on the thought of Thomas Aquinas, Theological Philosophy seeks to overturn the longstanding problem of proving faith's rationality and to establish instead that rationality requires to be explained by appeals to faith. Building on a constructive argument developed in a companion book, Rationality as Virtue, Lydia Schumacher advances the conclusion that belief in the God of Christian faith provides an exceptionally robust rationale for rationality and is as such intrinsically rational. At the same time, Schumacher overcomes a common tendency to separate spiritual from ordinary life, and construes the latter as the locus of proof for the rationality of Christian faith.
Author : J. P. Moreland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0199755442
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)
Download or read book Debating Christian Theism written by J. P. Moreland and published by . This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprising groundbreaking dialogues by many of the most prominent scholars in Christian apologetics and the philosophy of religion, this volume offers a definitive treatment of central questions of Christian faith. The essays are ecumenical and broadly Christian, in the spirit of C.S. Lewis's Mere Christianity, and feature lucid and up-to-date material designed to engage readers in contemporary theistic and Christian issues. Beginning with dialogues about God's existence and the coherence of theism and then moving beyond generic theism to address significant debates over such specifically Christian doctrines as the Trinity and the resurrection of Jesus, Debating Christian Theism provides an ideal starting point for anyone seeking to understand the current debates in Christian theology.
Author : Leander Sylvester Keyser
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book The Rational Test written by Leander Sylvester Keyser and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Steinfort Kedney
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9780530970837
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (78 download)
Download or read book Christian Doctrine Harmonized and Its Rationality Vindicated written by John Steinfort Kedney and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2019-03-12 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Abiel SILVER
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Discourses on the Rationality of the Christian Religion and the Harmony of its Doctrines written by Abiel SILVER and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rodney Holder
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000205789
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Ramified Natural Theology in Science and Religion written by Rodney Holder and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-15 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a rationale for a new ‘ramified natural theology’ that is in dialogue with both science and historical-critical study of the Bible. Traditionally, knowledge of God has been seen to come from two sources, nature and revelation. However, a rigid separation between these sources cannot be maintained, since what purports to be revelation cannot be accepted without qualification: rational argument is needed to infer both the existence of God from nature and the particular truth claims of the Christian faith from the Bible. Hence the distinction between ‘bare natural theology’ and ‘ramified natural theology.’ The book begins with bare natural theology as background to its main focus on ramified natural theology. Bayesian confirmation theory is utilised to evaluate competing hypotheses in both cases, in a similar manner to that by which competing hypotheses in science can be evaluated on the basis of empirical data. In this way a case is built up for the rationality of a Christian theist worldview. Addressing issues of science, theology and revelation in a new framework, this book will be of keen interest to scholars working in Religion and Science, Natural Theology, Philosophy of Religion, Biblical Studies, Systematic Theology, and Science and Culture.
Download or read book Christian Doctrine Harmonized & Its Rationality Vindicated written by and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Colin E. Gunton
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0567613038
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (676 download)
Download or read book The Actuality of Atonement written by Colin E. Gunton and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2003-10-06 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a reissue of a masterly examination of both the Christian doctrine of Atonement and the nature and working of theological language, Professor Gunton reassesses the doctrine and the language in which it is expressed in the light of modern scholarly developments. He explains how the traditional metaphors of Atonement, drawn from the battlefield, the altar and the law courts, all express something of the meaning of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus-and examines their bearing on human life in today's world.
Author : Paul Copan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134574886
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (345 download)
Download or read book The Rationality of Theism written by Paul Copan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-07-31 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rationality of Theism is a controversial collection of brand new papers by thirteen outstanding philosophers and scholars. Its aim is to offer comprehensive theistic replies to the traditional arguments against the existence of God, offering a positive case for theism as well as rebuttals of recent influential criticisms of theism.
Author : John Steinfort Kedney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781331403074
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Christian Doctrine Harmonized written by John Steinfort Kedney and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Christian Doctrine Harmonized: And Its Rationality Vindicated If, as we have seen, the results of the atoning work of Christ are primarily manifested and, in a sense, summed up and completed in his person, and thus is exhibited the only possible way in which human nature is to be restored, and is furnished the absolute and solitary method now remaining for the realization of the human ideal, - the process must be repeated in each individual who is or can be grafted into this new stock, and thus connected with the fount of the regenerative forces. Man's heart, mind, and body are to be reached, and thus his will, the focussing of the three, to be purified and strengthened, and his perfection ensured. And the organism, - the totality, - the Church, is to exhibit the same process, whether or not it be identical with the primal human stock, or a providential election from it. The story of Jesus Christ must then be repeated in every Christian disciple, and be capable of description, as was his. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Robert Audi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Rationality, Religious Belief, and Moral Commitment written by Robert Audi and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Thomas D. Senor
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501744836
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)
Download or read book The Rationality of Belief and the Plurality of Faith written by Thomas D. Senor and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2019-05-15 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
