Faith's knowledge : explorations into the theory and application of theological epistemology / Paul G. Tyson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tyson, Paul G., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knowledge, Theory of (Religion).

Faith.

Philosophical theology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 202 pages)

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Oregon : Pickwick Publications, [2013]

Summary:

"Can we know truth even though certain proof is unattainable? Can we be known by Truth? Is there a relationship between belief and truth, and if so, what is the nature of that relationship? Do we need to have faith in reason and in real meaning to be able to reason towards truth? These are the sorts of questions this book seeks to address. In Faith's Knowledge, Paul Tyson argues that all knowledge that aims at truth is always the knowledge of faith. If this is the case, then--against our modernist cultural assumptions about knowledge--truth cannot be had by proof. Yet, if this is true, then mere information and simply objective facts do not (for us as knowers) exist. Knowledge is always embedded in belief, and knowledge and belief is always expressed in relationships, histories, narratives, shared meanings, and power. Hence, a theological sociology of knowledge emerges out of these explorations in thinking about knowledge as a function of faith."--Publisher's website.

Contents:

Introduction

Transcendence and epistemology

Plato against ontotheology

Faith in Plato and John

What is applied theological epistemology?

The iron cage closes

Australian universities in transition: moral, pragmatic, or religious drivers?

A post-secular approach to understanding religion and global security

Faith and medicine: a reflection on the collision of belief systems and the clash of epistemological power structures

Faith's knowledge.

Notes:

Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, 2008 under title: Faith's knowledge : papers exploring the theory and application of theological epistemology.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781621896661

1621896668