Andrew Collier

On Christian Belief (eBook, PDF)

A Defence of a Cognitive Conception of Religious Belief in a Christian Context

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Produktbeschreibung

First Published in 2004. On Christian Belief offers a defence of realism in the philosophy of religion. It argues that religious belief - with particular reference to Christian belief - is not something unlike any other kind of belief, but is cognitive, making claims about what is real, and is open to rational discussion between believers and non-believers. The author begins by providing a critique of several views which try either to describe a faith without cognitive context, or to justify believing on non-cognitive grounds. He then discusses what sense can be made of the phenomenon of religious conversion by realists and non-realists. After a chapter on knowledge in general, he defends the idea that religious knowledge is very like other knowledge, in being based on reliable testimony, sifted by reason and tested by experience. The logical status of the content of religious belief is then discussed, with reference to Christianity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134377138
• Artikelnr.: 42981276

Autorenporträt

Andrew Collier is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton and has previously lectured at Warwick, Sussex and Bangor universities. His recent publications include Being and Worth, which extends realism to ethics, and Christianity and Marxism, which aims to reconcile these two world views.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1 Faith without belief I
Chapter 2 Faith without belief II
Chapter 3 Non-cognitive grounds for belief
Chapter 4 The intelligibility of conversion
Chapter 5 About knowledge in general
Chapter 6 About religious knowledge
Chapter 7 The content of Christian revelation
Chapter 8 The knowledge of God as creator