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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810409303321

Autore

McCabe Herbert <1926-2001, >

Titolo

Faith within reason / / Herbert McCabe ; edited and introduced by Brian Davies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2007

ISBN

1-4729-6601-5

1-283-20772-9

9786613207722

1-4411-9187-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 p.)

Disciplina

230

Soggetti

Theology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1 Is Belief Wishful Thinking?; Chapter 2 Are Creeds Credible?; Chapter 3 Doubt is Not Unbelief; Chapter 4 Why God?; Chapter 5 Causes and God; Chapter 6 On Evil and Omnipotence; Chapter 7 A Very Short Introduction to Aquinas; Chapter 8 Aquinas on 'God is Good'; Chapter 9 Soul, Life, Machines and Language; Chapter 10 Son of God; Chapter 11 Forgiveness; Chapter 12 Immaculate Conception; Chapter 13 Freedom; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Is it possible to think about religious beliefs philosophically?  Should religious beliefs be viewed as a flight from reason or as capable of rational support?  Can theologians learn from philosophers?  Can philosophers learn from theologians? Is it possible to be both a good Christian and a good thinker?  Can there be such a thing as reasonable faith?. This book is chiefly concerned with these questions and others related to them.  A collection of previously unpublished papers written by the late Herbert McCabe O.P., it examines the nature of religious belief, especially belief in God, with a