The predicament of belief : science, philosophy, faith / Philip Clayton and Steven Knapp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clayton, Philip, 1956-

Contributor:

Knapp, Steven, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and science.

Belief and doubt.

Physical Description:

x, 184 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Contents:

1 Reasons for doubt 1

The modern predicament 1

Why not be agnostic? 16

2 The ultimate reality 23

The fundamental question 23

Why even ask about the ultimate? 24

The ultimacy of mind 27

From mind to agency 33

Creation and the love of others 37

The divine lure 40

3 Divine action and the argument from neglect 44

The argument from neglect 44

Responses to the argument from neglect 46

The nonlawlike nature of the mental 53

Does the problem of evil now return in a new form? 59

The eschatological dimensio 66

4 The plurality of religions 69

5 The scandal of particularity, Part I: The resurrection testimony 79

Religious pluralism and Christian revelation claims 79

Jesus as "risen" 83

Paul and the participatory theory 87

Assessing the proposal 90

6 The scandal of particularity, Part II: Jesus and the ultimate reality 93

The question of uniqueness 93

The resurrection appearances 96

Personal presence 101

"The Spirit of Christ": A Spirit-centered theory of the resurrection 106

7 Doubt and belief 111

How do we assess our beliefs? 111

Doubt, uncertainty, and Christian belief 111

Resurrection hope and the question of the Trinity 127

8 The spectrum of belief and the question of the church 136

The necessity and costs of revision 137

The life of faith 139

Theory to practice 142

Christianity today 143

Churches 145

Using Christian language in a multireligious context 149

Does it matter? 151.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [155]-178) and index.

ISBN:

9780199695270

019969527X

OCLC:

724665653