LEADER 03865nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910789840603321 005 20230721013857.0 010 $a0-8014-7852-9 010 $a0-8014-5926-5 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801459269 035 $a(CKB)2670000000079129 035 $a(OCoLC)726824174 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10457538 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000488438 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11307259 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000488438 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10450206 035 $a(PQKB)11016473 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse28923 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3137917 035 $a(DE-B1597)478569 035 $a(OCoLC)1013938575 035 $a(OCoLC)979968109 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801459269 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3137917 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10457538 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL681801 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000079129 100 $a20090129d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe will to imagine$b[electronic resource] $ea justification of skeptical religion /$fJ.L. Schellenberg 210 $aIthaca $cCornell University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (285 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a1-322-50519-5 311 0 $a0-8014-4780-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tIntroduction --$tPart. I. Purifying Faith Why the Best Religion Is the Most Skeptical --$tPart II. Testing Faith Is the Best Religion Good Enough (to Satisfy Reason's Demands)? --$tPart III. Renewing Faith (1) How Skeptical Proof Subsumes Believing Argument - Evidentialism --$tPart IV. Renewing Faith (2) How Skeptical Proof Subsumes Believing Argument - Nonevidentialism --$tPart V. Keeping Faith Skeptical Religion as Reason's Demand --$tConclusion --$tAppendix A: Definitions --$tAppendix B: Principles --$tIndex 330 $aThe Will to Imagine completes J. L. Schellenberg's trilogy in the philosophy of religion, following his acclaimed Prolegomena to a Philosophy of Religion and The Wisdom to Doubt. This book marks a striking reversal in our understanding of the possibility of religious faith. Where other works treat religious skepticism as a dead end, The Will to Imagine argues that skepticism is the only point from which a proper beginning in religious inquiry-and in religion itself-can be made. For Schellenberg, our immaturity as a species not only makes justified religious belief impossible but also provides the appropriate context for a type of faith response grounded in imagination rather than belief, directed not to theism but to ultimism, the heart of religion. This new and nonbelieving form of faith, he demonstrates, is quite capable of nourishing an authentic religious life while allowing for inquiry into ways of refining the generic idea that shapes its commitments. A singular feature of Schellenberg's book is his claim, developed in detail, that unsuccessful believers' arguments can successfully be recast as arguments for imaginative faith. Out of the rational failure of traditional forms of religious belief, The Will to Imagine fashions an unconventional form of religion better fitted, Schellenberg argues, to the human species as it exists today and as we may hope it will evolve. 606 $aReligion$xPhilosophy 606 $aBelief and doubt 606 $aSkepticism 615 0$aReligion$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aBelief and doubt. 615 0$aSkepticism. 676 $a211/.7 700 $aSchellenberg$b J. L.$f1959-$01503399 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789840603321 996 $aThe will to imagine$93853476 997 $aUNINA