The Act of Faith: Christian Faith and the Moral Self

by Springsted, Eric O.

• ISBN13: 9780802848888
• ISBN10: 0802848885
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-02-01
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Author Biography

Eric O. Springsted has taught philosophy at Illinois College and Princeton Theological Seminary. He is currently an independent scholar and lecturer in philosophy

Table of Contents

Abbreviations of Classical and Frequently Cited Sources	vii
Preface	ix
Reason and the Reasons of the Heart	1	(44)
Introduction: The Heart Has Its Reasons	1	(6)
The Lockean-Humean Picture	7	(17)
The Spectator's View	24	(9)
Shattering the Mirror of Nature	33	(12)
Moral Space	45	(24)
The Notion of Moral Space	45	(3)
The Center of Value	48	(21)
The Concept of Faith in the New Testament	69	(36)
Faith and Faith in Christ	71	(8)
Paul	79	(15)
John	94	(6)
The Letter to the Hebrews	100	(5)
Augustine	105	(44)
Will and Order: The Moral Self in Augustine's	107	(12)
De Libero Arbitrio
Faith, Understanding, and the Moral Self Authority	119	(14)
The Word arid the Inner Word	133	(16)
Aquinas and Calvin	149	(44)
Catholics and Protestants: Ancient and Modern	149	(8)
Aquinas on Faith	157	(18)
Calvin and ``Reformed Epistemology''	175	(15)
Summary	190	(3)
Attention and the Embodied Self	193	(22)
Nussbaum's Enriched Liberalism	196	(7)
Simone Weil and the Formation of Attention	203	(8)
Conclusion	211	(4)
Conscience, Faith, and the Knowledge of God	215	(39)
Souls and Life in the Good	215	(8)
Thinking with Assent: The ``Inner'' Act of Faith	223	(19)
Faith in God	242	(9)
Conclusion	251	(3)
Bibliography	254	(12)
Index	266