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On Christian Belief: a defence of a cognitive conception of religious belief in a Christian context

On Christian Belief: a defence of a cognitive conception of religious belief in a Christian context
On Christian Belief: a defence of a cognitive conception of religious belief in a Christian context
On Christian Belief offers a defence of realism in the philosophy of religion. It argues that religious belief - with particular reference to Christian belief - unlike any other kind of belief, is cognitive; making claims about what is real, and open to rational discussion between believers and non-believers. The author begins by providing a critique of several views which either try to describe a faith without cognitive context, or to justify believing on non-cognitive grounds. He then discusses what sense can be made of the phenomenon of religious conversion by realists and non-realists. After a chapter on knowledge in general, he defends the idea that religious knowledge is very like other knowledge, in being based on reliable testimony, sifted by reason and tested by experience. The logical status of the content of religious belief is then discussed, with reference to Christianity.
0415315220
Routledge
Collier, A.
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Collier, A.
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Collier, A. (2003) On Christian Belief: a defence of a cognitive conception of religious belief in a Christian context (Routledge Studies in Critical Realism, 8), vol. 8, London, UK; New York, US. Routledge, 136pp.

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On Christian Belief offers a defence of realism in the philosophy of religion. It argues that religious belief - with particular reference to Christian belief - unlike any other kind of belief, is cognitive; making claims about what is real, and open to rational discussion between believers and non-believers. The author begins by providing a critique of several views which either try to describe a faith without cognitive context, or to justify believing on non-cognitive grounds. He then discusses what sense can be made of the phenomenon of religious conversion by realists and non-realists. After a chapter on knowledge in general, he defends the idea that religious knowledge is very like other knowledge, in being based on reliable testimony, sifted by reason and tested by experience. The logical status of the content of religious belief is then discussed, with reference to Christianity.

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Published date: 15 May 2003

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Local EPrints ID: 12410
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/12410
ISBN: 0415315220
PURE UUID: 4752186d-08cf-4e31-87e3-86130ad1aac9

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Date deposited: 12 Jul 2005
Last modified: 08 Jan 2022 15:46

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Author: A. Collier

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