Why Should Anyone Believe Anything at All?

by Sire, James W.

• ISBN13: 9780830813971
• ISBN10: 0830813977
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-06-01
• Publisher: Ivp Academic

Summary

AChristianity Today1995 Books of the Year Finalist!Believing. Most of us take it for granted. We just do it--whether it's trusting that the sun will come up tomorrow, that the lunch we are about to eat is not poisoned or that our religious beliefs are not ill-founded. But why should we believe any of these things? Why should anyone believe anything at all?With insight and humor, James W. Sire examines the reasons people give for believing what they do and suggests what are truly satisfying and compelling reasons for belief. He then turns to the question of a specific belief--namely, belief that the Christian faith is true. Sire tackles both the best reason for belief in Christianity (the identity of Jesus ) and the chief reason against it. (the problem of evil). And he responds to these issues personally and philosophically.Here is a book to challenge the skeptic and reassure the doubter in us all.

Author Biography

James W. Sire is a campus lecturer for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship.

Table of Contents

Preface

Why Should Anyone Believe Anything?

It Makes My Head Hurt: The Nature and Necessity of Belief

Why People Believe What They Believe

The Social Context

The Personal Context

The Religious Dimension

The Philosophic Dimension

Why Should Anyone Believe Christianity

The Gospels as Reliable History

Jesus the Reason

Jesus: The Dilemma of His Identity

The Scholar's Quest for Jesus

The Resurrection of Jesus

The Rationality of Christian Faith

The Problem of Evil

The Personal Experience of Christians

The Challenge of Belief

Notes

Bibliography

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