Meaning and Mystery: What It Means To Believe in GodMeaning and Mystery offers a challenge to the way Philosophy has traditionally approached the issue of belief in God as a theoretical problem, proposing instead a form of reflection more appropriate to the practical nature of the issue.
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Contents
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2 God of the Philosophers | 31 |
3 Reasons for Believing in God | 51 |
4 Resistance and Receptivity | 69 |
5 Belief As a Practical Issue | 90 |
6 Anthropomorphism and Mystery | 109 |
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accept agency agents alternative anthropomorphic arguments arises assumption atheism attitudes awareness become behavior C. S. Lewis calls Cambridge Charles Taylor Christian concerns consider context convinced deity depends describe develop divine divine command theory Epicurus evidence example experience experiential experiential world explain facts faith give God’s existence human hypothesis idea imagine important involves John Cottingham John Haught judge judgment Julian Baggini Justin Barrett life-orienting story live matter meaning metaphysical moral order motivation narrative naturalistic story nature object one’s orienting story ourselves Oxford University Press particular Pascal person perspective philosophical point of view portrays position possibility potential practical purposes question reasons recognize reflection regard reject relevant religion religious belief religious story religious traditions response revelation revelatory scientific scientism seems sense significant someone sometimes suggests tells theistic story theoretical things Thomas Nagel thought tion Tolstoy transcendent truth claims understanding vision wrong