02727nam 2200613 a 450 991078979260332120230721014408.01-283-44534-497866134453461-84540-286-3(CKB)2670000000107504(EBL)744297(OCoLC)745866951(SSID)ssj0000526334(PQKBManifestationID)12181906(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000526334(PQKBWorkID)10518986(PQKB)11475859(MiAaPQ)EBC744297(Au-PeEL)EBL744297(CaPaEBR)ebr10517652(CaONFJC)MIL344534(EXLCZ)99267000000010750420091023d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrUnderstanding faith[electronic resource] religious belief and its place in society /Stephen R.L. ClarkExeter, U.K. ;Charlottesville, Va. Imprint Academicc20091 online resource (277 p.)St. Andrews studies in philosophy and public affairsDescription based upon print version of record.1-84540-154-9 Includes bibliographical references.Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Preface; Understanding Faith; Devils and Mental Microbes; Projects, Conjectures,Refutations; UnderstandingScripture; The Abolition of Man; Can Animals be our Friends?; What's Wrong with DarwinianEvolution?; Waking Up; What is God?; World Orders, WorldReligions; More Local Problems; Considering the End; Back Matter; Also AvailableMilitant atheists often mirror the worst kind of ignorance and hostility that they condemn in traditional believers. Writing both as a philosopher and an Anglican Christian, Professor Clark explores this initial perception, considering such topics as the alleged openness of 'scientists' compared with the 'dogmatism' of 'believers'; the difficulty of reading 'scripture' outside 'the community of faith' that has selected and elaborated it; the problems of moral realism (and the problem with ab...St. Andrews studies in philosophy and public affairs.Religion and sociologyFaithReligionPhilosophyReligion and sociology.Faith.ReligionPhilosophy.210Clark Stephen R. L865709MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789792603321Understanding faith3847675UNINA