Faith And Reason

by Swinburne, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780199283927
• ISBN10: 0199283923
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-12-08
• Publisher: Clarendon Press

Summary

Richard Swinburne presents a new edition of one of his classic works on philosophical theology. Faith and Reason is a self-standing examination of the implications for religious faith of Swinburne's famous arguments about the coherence of theism and the existence of God. Swinburne analyzes the purposes of practicing a religion, and argues that religious faith requires belief that a particular creed provides the rationale for supposing that these purposes will be achieved. While maintaining the same structure and conclusions as the original, this second edition has been substantially rewritten, both in order to relate its ideas more closely to those of classical theologians and philosophers and to respond to more recent views.

Author Biography

Richard Swinburne is Emeritus Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of the British Academy.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
The Nature of Belief	p. 4
Rational Belief	p. 34
The Value of Rational Religious Belief	p. 83
The Nature of Faith	p. 137
The Purpose of Religion	p. 159
The Role of Creeds	p. 197
The Comparison of Creeds	p. 231
Epilogue: Faith is Voluntary	p. 64
Concordance	p. 269
Index	p. 271
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