Illuminating Faith
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Illuminating Faith

An Invitation to Theology

  1. 176 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Illuminating Faith

An Invitation to Theology

About this book

This textbook will give students a clear understanding of the connection between faith and reason. Illuminating Faith gives students a clear and accessible introduction to some of the major ways faith and the relationship between faith and reason have been understood within Western Christianity. In twenty-six short and easy to digest units it covers different accounts of faith beginning with Scripture, moving through the history of Christian thought, and ending with contemporary views. Along the way it explores some of the decisive theological and philosophy accounts of faith, such as faith seeking understanding, faith and supernatural virtue, faith and skepticism, and faith and science. Yet it also includes significant issues and movements not typically covered in introductory texts, such as documents from church councils, faith as knowledge, assent, and trust in the Protestant scholastics, faith and the heart in pietism, secularized accounts of faith, faith after Auschwitz, and faith and liberation. The goal of each unit is to introduce students to topical issues surrounding the nature of faith, to provide historical background for each topic, and to generate further discussion and reflection on the nature of faith. The result is a well balanced and unique introduction to various understandings of faith. Designed specifically with classroom use in mind, Illuminating Faith includes a glossary of words, an update-to-date bibliography, and each chapter ends with questions for discussion as well as suggestions for relevant reading material.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Introduction: Faith Rules
  4. 1 Faith in the Bible
  5. 2 Personal Faith: St. Augustine
  6. 3 Ecclesial Faith
  7. 4 The Limits of Reason 1: The Council of Orange
  8. 5 Thomas Aquinas: Systematic Faith
  9. 6 Faith, Hope and Love: The Supernatural Virtues
  10. 7 Faith and the Freedom to Serve: Martin Luther
  11. 8 Faith as Knowledge, Assent and Trust: Protestant Scholasticism
  12. 9 Faith and Rebirth: Pietism
  13. 10 Faith Ridiculed: Hume’s Bonfire of the Vanities of Christian Rationalism
  14. 11 Pure Religious Faith: Immanuel Kant
  15. 12 Faith and Feeling: Friedrich Schleiermacher
  16. 13 Faith and the Absolute: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
  17. 14 Faith and Paradox: Søren Kierkegaard
  18. 15 The Limits of Reason II: Vatican I
  19. 16 Faith and the Faithfulness of God: Karl Barth
  20. 17 The Dynamics of Faith: Paul Tillich
  21. 18 Kenotic Faith: Hans Urs von Balthasar
  22. 19 Anonymous Faith: Karl Rahner
  23. 20 Faith in Crisis: Death of God, Auschwitz and Militant Atheism
  24. 21 Faith and Science: Beyond Reciprocity
  25. 22 Faith and Liberation
  26. 23 Basic Beliefs: Reformed Epistemology
  27. 24 The Phenomenology of Faith: Fides et ratio
  28. Epilogue: The Future of Faith
  29. Glossary
  30. Bibliography
  31. Index