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Vigilant Faith: Passionate Agnosticism in a Secular World (Studies in Religion and Culture)
Daniel Boscaljon
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Hardcover. Series: Studies in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRQA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
In Vigilant Faith: Passionate Agnosticism in a Secular World, Daniel Boscaljon takes up the contemporary challenges to faith by scepticism and secularism. He proposes a model of faith for believers and unbelievers alike—a passionate agnosticism—that is rooted in a sceptical consciousness. Scepticism and faith are structurally similar, he writes, in that they share an ""unknowing"" quality. The author argues that vigilance—the act of keeping watch, a spiritual practice in its own right—is as necessary a precondition for the structure of faith as it is for the structure of scepticism. A suspension in uncertainty and an openness to possibility require vigilance, ... Read more
In Vigilant Faith: Passionate Agnosticism in a Secular World, Daniel Boscaljon takes up the contemporary challenges to faith by scepticism and secularism. He proposes a model of faith for believers and unbelievers alike—a passionate agnosticism—that is rooted in a sceptical consciousness. Scepticism and faith are structurally similar, he writes, in that they share an ""unknowing"" quality. The author argues that vigilance—the act of keeping watch, a spiritual practice in its own right—is as necessary a precondition for the structure of faith as it is for the structure of scepticism. A suspension in uncertainty and an openness to possibility require vigilance, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Religion and Culture
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813934631
SKU
V9780813934631
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About Daniel Boscaljon
Daniel Boscaljon is an instructor at the University of Iowa, USA and the editor of Resisting the Place of Belonging: Uncanny Homecomings in Religion, Narrative, and the Arts.
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