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The God of Faith and Reason: Foundations of Christian Theology
Robert Sokolowski
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Description for The God of Faith and Reason: Foundations of Christian Theology
Paperback. The prime purpose of this work is to identify what is most radically distinctive about Christian belief. Addressed to a non-technical audience, the book helps the reader to think himself or herself back into the most basic questions concerning Christian faith. Num Pages: 175 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 276.
How is it that Christian faith can be said to be in accordance with reason and at the same time to transcend reason? On the one hand, the concordance of faith with reason appears to reduce faith to rational thinking and to natural human experience; on the other hand, the difference between faith and reason seems to make belief unreasonable and arbitrary.
In The God of Faith and Reason, Robert Sokolowski treats this theological difficulty not by speaking directly about faith and reason, but through an examination of the Christian understanding of God that focuses on God the creator ... Read more
How is it that Christian faith can be said to be in accordance with reason and at the same time to transcend reason? On the one hand, the concordance of faith with reason appears to reduce faith to rational thinking and to natural human experience; on the other hand, the difference between faith and reason seems to make belief unreasonable and arbitrary.
In The God of Faith and Reason, Robert Sokolowski treats this theological difficulty not by speaking directly about faith and reason, but through an examination of the Christian understanding of God that focuses on God the creator ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Catholic University of America Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
Weight
276g
Number of Pages
175
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9780813208275
SKU
V9780813208275
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About Robert Sokolowski
Robert Sokolowski, a priest of the Archdiocese of Hartford, has taught philosophy at The Catholic University of America since 1963. He has written six books and numerous articles dealing with phenomenology, philosophy and Christian faith, moral philosophy, and issues in contemporary science. He has been an auxiliary chaplain at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington, D.C., since 1976 and was ... Read more
Reviews for The God of Faith and Reason: Foundations of Christian Theology
Robert Sokolowski, already an accomplished author in the field of philosophy, has now written a sophisticated and profound little book about the frontiers where philosophy and theology, natural reason and Christian faith, overlap and blend into a single harmonious act, whose components can be differentiated by reflective thinking. . . . This book will provide useful clarifications to theologians, philosophers ... Read more