Solved by Sacrifice: Austin Farrer, Fideism, and the Evidence of Faith

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-90-429-2738-4
Verlag: PEETERS PUB

Buch, Englisch, Band 51, 289 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Reihe: Studies in Philosophical Theol

Austin Farrer (1904-1968), Warden of Keble College, Oxford, was a

remarkably creative and significant figure in twentieth-century

theology. Robert MacSwain argues that one explanation for Farrer’s

relative obscurity is that most commentators have focused on his

metaphysics, and in particular on Finite and Infinite (1943), his

monumental treatise of ‘rational theology’. By contrast, MacSwain

proposes an epistemological analysis that takes seriously the neglected

but crucial theme of fideism in Farrer’s thought. MacSwain charts the

development of Farrer’s thinking on the proper relation between faith

and reason from 1924 to 1968—including his engagements with Karl Barth,

logical positivism, Thomism, and Wittgensteinian philosophy—and offers a

reading of Farrer that resonates with contemporary religious

epistemology and the growing focus on spiritual praxis. The final

chapter considers Farrer’s provocative claim that the logical paradoxes

of religious belief are ‘solved by sacrifice’ in the lives of those whom

we recognise as ‘saints’: as Farrer puts it, ‘Such a life, then, is

evidence, and what other evidence could you hope to find?’

Autoren/Hrsg.

Macswain, R.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 20./21. Jahrhundert