A phenomenology of the devout life / George Pattison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pattison, George, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

A philosophy of Christian life ; part 1

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian philosophy.

Christian life--Philosophy.

Christian life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

'A Phenomenology of the Devout Life' is the first part of a three-part work, 'A Philosophy of Christian Life.' Rather than approaching Christianity through its doctrinal statements, as philosophers of religion have often done, the book starts by offering a phenomenological description of the devout life as that is set out in the teaching of François de Sales and related authors. This is because for most Christians practice and life-commitments are more fundamental than formal doctrinal beliefs. Although George Pattison will address the metaphysical truth-claims of Christianity in Part three, the guiding argument is that it is the Christian way of life that best reveals what these beliefs really are. As the work is a philosophical study, it does not presuppose the truth of Christianity but assumes only that there is a humanly accessible meaning to the intention to live a devout life.

Notes:

"Bampton Lectures 2017."

This edition previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-254299-0

0-19-185136-1

0-19-254298-2