Why Believe?

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cottingham, John
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2014.
Subjects:	Belief and doubt. Belief and doubt
Online Access:	Click for online access

Table of Contents:

Intro; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Belief and its Benefits; 1. How believing affects living; 2. How believing works; 3. Belief and human sensibilities; 4. Belief and integrity; 2 Belief, Reason, Goodness; 1. Yearnings and their â#x80;#x98;objective correlativeâ#x80;#x99;; 2. From benefits to reasons; 3. God as source; 4. The best explanation?; 3 Belief and the Unknown; 1. The unknown God?; 2. Humeâ#x80;#x99;s critique; 3. The problems of transcendence; 4. Revelation and the Incarnate Word; 4 Obstacles to Belief; 1. How difficult can it get?; 2. Supernatural intervention; 3. Back to fundamentalism?
4. Revelation and recognition5 Belief and Meaning; 1. Truth and concealment; 2. Evidence and accessibility; 3. Vision and transformation; 4. Moral growth and spiritual conversion; 6 Learning to Believe; 1. The lessons of life; 2. Prevailing images of belief: exclusivism; 3. Ultimate responsibility; 4. Souls and the afterlife; 7 Believing and Living; 1. Providence and suffering; 2. Humility and hope; 3. Awe and thanksgiving; 4. â#x80;#x98;Walk the believerâ#x80;#x99;s road!â#x80;#x99;; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y.

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