Believing Christian

Theology’s New Opportunities

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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Focusing on practical arguments that make Christian faith interesting and positive for improving the quality of one's life and relationships, it shows how the Christian faith is beneficial for the individual, the family and society as a whole.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2025-04-17
Mått148 x 210 x 20 mm
Vikt481 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor270
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783031856587

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Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
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Lluis Oviedo is a Franciscan priest and Full Professor of Theological Anthropology at the Antonianum University in Rome. He also serves as an invited professor, teaching on religion, science, and culture at the Theological Institute of Murcia (Spain) and at the SGMK Nicolaus Copernicus Superior School in Krakow (Poland). He has authored several books on topics related to religion, science, society, and culture, and co-edited the Encyclopedia of Sciences and Religions with A. Runehov. Currently, he edits the Springer Series New Approaches to the Scientific Study of Religion and the bibliographic journal Reviews in Science, Religion and Theology. His research focuses on the scientific study of religion and its theological implications; secularization; the credibility of Christian faith; and the relationship between religion, coping, and well-being.

Chapter 1. Introduction: proposing the Christian faith today.- Chapter 2. The new conditions determining the credibility of faith in the contemporary cultural horizon.- Chapter 3. Excursus: Alternative proposals for the foundation of theology.- Chapter 4.How did we get here? What can we do?.- Chapter 5.Seeking arguments and data in favour of the Christian faith.- Chapter 6. More arguments: the social function of religion.- Chapter 7. The value of beliefs and believing.- Chapter 8.Christian faith and the scientific mindset.- Chapter 9. Secularisation questions the credibility of Christian faith.- Chapter 10. Historical mistakes and present-day scandals: a serious credibility problem.- Chapter 11. Conclusion.