Faith: What It Is and What It Isn't

by Tilley, Terrence W.

• ISBN13: 9781570758799
• ISBN10: 1570758794
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-07-30
• Publisher: Orbis Books

Summary

This accessible book that addresses what faith is and what it means in our lives can serve as an introduction to the study of theology or religious studies. The five chapters include (1) Misunderstanding Faith, (2) Defining Faith, (3) Expressing Faith, (4) Living Faith, and (5) Justifying Faith. Because most of us live in a world with multiple faith traditions, this books deals broadly with the nature and expression of faith across traditionsincluding religious traditions and secular traditions such as human

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Misunderstanding Faith	p. 3
Faith and Belief	p. 3
Faith and Morality	p. 10
Faith and Feeling	p. 16
Faith and Religion	p. 19
Conclusion	p. 25
Defining Faith	p. 26
People of Faith	p. 26
The God(s) of Faith	p. 32
The Relationship of Faith	p. 49
Conclusion	p. 56
Expressing Faith	p. 57
Understanding Faith	p. 57
Articulating Faith	p. 60
Conclusion	p. 73
Living Faith	p. 74
Stories of Faith	p. 74
Symbols of Faith	p. 88
Practices of Faith	p. 95
Conclusion	p. 100
Justifying Faith	p. 102
Assessing Faith	p. 102
Appraising Faith	p. 109
Conclusion	p. 125
Excursus	p. 127
Appendix: An Argument about Projection Theories	p. 129
Projections and Constructions	p. 129
Faith in the Light of Constructivism	p. 136
References	p. 139
Works Consulted	p. 143
Index of Subjects	p. 147
Index of Names	p. 151
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