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Reason, revelation, and devotion : inference and argument in religion / William J. Wainwright. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge studies in religion, philosophy, and societyPublication details: New York, New York : Cambridge University Press, (c)2016.Description: xi, 203 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781107062405
  • 9781107650367
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BL51.W142.R437 2016
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Contents:
The purposes of argument and the person-relativity of proofs -- Religious reading and theological argument -- Passional reasoning -- The role of rhetoric in religious argumentation -- Reason, revelation, and religious argumentation -- Theology and mystery.
Subject: Reason, Revelation, and Devotion argues that immersion in religious reading traditions and their associated spiritual practices significantly shapes our emotions, desires, intuitions, and volitional commitments; these in turn affect our construction and assessments of arguments for religious conclusions. But far from distorting the reasoning process, these emotions and volitional and cognitive dispositions can be essential for sound reasoning on religious and other value-laden subject matters. And so western philosophy must rethink its traditional antagonism toward rhetoric. The book concludes with discussions of the implications of the earlier chapters for the relation between reason and revelation, and for the role that the concept of mystery should play in philosophy in general, and in the philosophy of religion and philosophical theology in particular. --
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION Non-fiction BL51.W35.R43 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PHI 31923001719026

Includes bibliographies and index.

Four examples of religious reasoning -- The purposes of argument and the person-relativity of proofs -- Religious reading and theological argument -- Passional reasoning -- The role of rhetoric in religious argumentation -- Reason, revelation, and religious argumentation -- Theology and mystery.

Reason, Revelation, and Devotion argues that immersion in religious reading traditions and their associated spiritual practices significantly shapes our emotions, desires, intuitions, and volitional commitments; these in turn affect our construction and assessments of arguments for religious conclusions. But far from distorting the reasoning process, these emotions and volitional and cognitive dispositions can be essential for sound reasoning on religious and other value-laden subject matters. And so western philosophy must rethink its traditional antagonism toward rhetoric. The book concludes with discussions of the implications of the earlier chapters for the relation between reason and revelation, and for the role that the concept of mystery should play in philosophy in general, and in the philosophy of religion and philosophical theology in particular. --

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