This new collection of 100 classic and contemporary readings explores questions about the nature, value, and rationality of faith. From the Ancient Greeks to present-day intellectuals, it reveals the variety of answers that thinkers and traditions have offered throughout the ages. Selecting texts from a diverse range of traditions and perspectives, both secular and religious, it introduces the role and function that faith plays in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism. Organized thematically around five parts, this one-of-a-kind reader brings together a collection of profound writings from philosophy, religious studies, theology, classics and psychology. Each Part has its own specialized introduction and suggestions for further reading.Excerpts are taken from core prayers, creeds, teachings and songs. Stretching beyond academic reflections, texts cover the treatment of faith in the media and literature. Noteworthy and hard-to-find selections include:- The poetry and commentary of a celebrated mystic- First-hand accounts of the experience of faith and doubt from two women canonized as saints in the Catholic Church- Historically influential accounts of the nature of faith from Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, and Calvin. Offering a critical look at the relationship between faith and reason, the forms it takes and the ways in which it can be misplaced, here is everything you need to understand the place of faith in the twenty-first century.
Daniel McKaughan is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Boston College, USA. He is the co-editor of The History and Philosophy of Science: A Reader (Bloomsbury, 2015).Daniel Howard-Snyder is Professor of Philosophy at Western Washington University, USA.
INTRODUCTION: UNDERSTANDING FAITHEditor’s General Introduction to the VolumePart 1. FAITH AND SACRED TEXTSEditor’s Introduction to Part 1Further ReadingsPart 2 REFLECTIONS ON FAITH THROUGH THE CENTURIESEditor’s Introduction to Part 22.1 Ancient Jewish and Greco-Roman Authors2.2 Pre-Nicene Christians2.3 Post-Nicene and Medieval Greek Christians2.4 Post-Nicene and Medieval Latin Christians2.5 Medieval Jewish and Muslim Thinkers2.6 Sixteenth Century2.7 Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century2.8 Nineteenth and Twentieth CenturyFurther ReadingsPart 3. EXPRESSIONS OF FAITH IN CREEDAL AFFIRMATION, WORSHIP, SONGS, POETRY, AND POLITICSEditor’s Introduction to Part 33.1 Jewish3.2 Christian3.3 Muslim3.4 Secular and religious examples: songs, poetry, stories, and social and political discourse about faithFurther ReadingsPart 4. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF FAITH: INTERPRETING EXPERIENCES AND EXEMPLARS OF FAITH4.1 Exemplars of Faith 4.2 The Psychology of FaithFurther ReadingsPart 5. CONTEMPORARY PISTOLOGY5.1. Nature of Faith5.2. Value and Virtue of Faith5.3. Rationality of Faith5.4. Faith and PracticeFurther ReadingsAnnotated BibliographyIndex
Daniel Howard-Snyder, Paul Moser, Daniel (Seattle Pacific University) Howard-Snyder, Chicago) Moser, Paul (Professor and Chair of Philosophy, Loyola University, Paul K. Moser, Howard-Snyder Daniel
Justin P. McBrayer, Daniel Howard-Snyder, USA) McBrayer, Justin P. (Fort Lewis College, USA) Howard-Snyder, Daniel (Western Washington University, Justin P McBrayer
Daniel Howard-Snyder, Paul Moser, Daniel (Seattle Pacific University) Howard-Snyder, Chicago) Moser, Paul (Professor and Chair of Philosophy, Loyola University