The nature of faith in analytic theistic philosophy of religion

In this article I shall analyse and evaluate analytic theists' views of what it takes to be a person of faith. I suggest that the subject can be approached by posing requirements a person must allegedly fulfil in order to count as a person of faith. These requirements can be referred to as aspe...

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Published in:International journal for philosophy of religion
Main Author: Eklund, Dan-Johan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V [2016]
In: International journal for philosophy of religion
Further subjects:B Belief
B Theology
B Acceptance
B Theism
B Propositional attitudes
B BELIEF & doubt
B Analytic theism
B Faith
B Cognitive Psychology
B Emotions (Philosophy)
B Hope
B VALUE judgments (Philosophy)
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Summary:In this article I shall analyse and evaluate analytic theists' views of what it takes to be a person of faith. I suggest that the subject can be approached by posing requirements a person must allegedly fulfil in order to count as a person of faith. These requirements can be referred to as aspects of faith. According to my analysis, four different aspects of faith can be distinguished: the cognitive, the evaluative-affective, the practical, and the interpersonal. There have been divergent assessments about which aspects are indispensable for faith and how they should be understood.
ISSN:1572-8684
Contains:Enthalten in: International journal for philosophy of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s11153-015-9545-y