Livi addresses key issues concerning the logical basis of the act of faith, understood as the ascent to a reality that in itself is knowable yet beyond the ordinary limits of human cognition. In Reasons for Believing he attempts to recover an emphasis on the rationality of faith in Christian revelat
Belief: Readings on the Reason for Faith
β Scribed by Francis S. Collins
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
"A brilliant, wide ranging and powerful series of readings on the possibilities, problems and mysteries of faith. This book belongs on the shelf of every believer—and every serious skeptic." — Rabbi David Wolpe, author of Why Faith Matters
"This life-giving, faith-filled and hard-nosed collection reveals why, as St. Anselm wrote, true faith always seeks to understand." — Rev. James Martin, author of My Life with the Saints
From Dr. Francis Collins, New York Times bestselling author of The Language of God, comes the definitive reader on the rationality of faith.
β¦ Subjects
Religion & Spirituality; Nonfiction; REL067030; REL070000
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