Faith, Reason, and Compassion: A Philosophy of the Christian FaithWhat is the relationship between faith and reason? How should faith and reason situate themselves in relation to each other? These are the chief questions that James Gilman seeks to address inFaith, Reason, and Compassion A Philosophy of the Chrisitian Faith. An innovative new book in philosophy of religion, it treats the problems typical of the discipline in an untypical way, with a methodology that presupposes a particular religious tradition, in this case Christianity, and that reenfranchises emotions (e.g., compassion) as crucial to shaping solutions to philosophical problems. What is the relationship between faith and reason? How should faith and reason situate themselves in relation to each other? These are the chief questions that James Gilman seeks to address inFaith, Reason, and Compassion A Philosophy of the Chrisitian Faith. An innovative new book in philosophy of religion, it treats the problems typical of the discipline in an untypical way, with a methodology that presupposes a particular religious tradition, in this case Christianity, and that reenfranchises emotions (e.g., compassion) as crucial to shaping solutions to philosophical problems. |
Contents
REENFRANCHISING THE MIND | 1 |
Matters of the Mind | 3 |
Reenfranchising the Mind | 15 |
FAITH AND REASON | 37 |
Belief in Gods Existence | 39 |
Belief in Gods Goodness | 67 |
Belief in Gods Miracles | 97 |
FAITH AND CULTURE | 121 |
Christian Faith and Other Faiths | 123 |
Christian Faith and Society | 159 |
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