Buch, Englisch, 298 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 406 g
Reihe: Lutterworth Press
Understanding Faith through the Lens of Science and Religion
Buch, Englisch, 298 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 406 g
Reihe: Lutterworth Press
ISBN: 978-0-7188-9421-4
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
An examination of faith as a universal facet of human belief systems, showing how our cognitive limitations make faith not the enemy of reason but its partner.
In Dimensions of Faith, cognitive scientist Steve Donaldson takes readers on a journey from the world of assumptions, set minds, widely varying beliefs, and popular misconceptions to an understanding of the true essence and role of faith as the natural and inevitable product of brains. Using numerous illustrations and examples, Donaldson shows how faith is necessitated by a variety of unavoidable limitations, exposes the myth of a divide between faith and critical thinking, provides practical advice for crafting coherent beliefs, and explains why there can never be such a place as "Factland". Along the way he takes a special look at religious faith - evaluating its attributes, exploring its relation to other manifestations of faith, investigating whether God has done his job well enough to warrant the faith placed in him, and pondering how truth seekers can sometimes end up in very different places.
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Acknowledgments
Introduction: What Qualifies One to Build a Cairn?
Part I – The Nature of Faith
1. Saving the Assumptions
2. Who Believes What? – The Range of Human Beliefs
3. Misconceptions About Faith: What Faith Is Not
4. What Faith Is: Making Faith Concrete
5. Faith and Brains
Part II – Faith and Reason
6. The End of Knowledge: A Challenge for Faith
7. Crafting Rational Faith
8. Explorers and Mechanics: Creative Approaches to Faith
Part III – Religious Faith
9. The Nature of Religious Belief
10. What is Religion, Anyway?
11. How Clear Is God?
12. Is This Really What Religious People Mean by Faith?
Part IV – Conclusion
13. No End in Sight
References
Subject Index
Scripture Index
