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- catalog abstract ""By exploring a practical, rather than propositional, understanding of religious belief, this book provides a new construct through which to view philosophy of religion. Terrence W. Tilley shifts the focus of debate from the justification of rational belief to the exercise of wisdom in making or maintaining a commitment to religious practices. It is through practices, Tilley concludes, that religious belief is formed." "After analyzing the strengths and limitations of the modern approaches, Tilley applies the concept of wisdom to the process of making a religious commitment. Wisdom, as explored by Aristotle, St. Thomas Aquinas, and John Henry Newman, may be thought of as the bridge between intellectual and moral virtues. Roughly, it can be described as the ability to put intellect into action in a context. Because wisdom is a virtue requiring concrete display, the book discusses the wisdom of commitment to specific religious practices of a range of traditions. These examples demonstrate the issues and complexities involved in the wisdom of making a religious commitment. This important challenge to contemporary philosophy of religion will be of special interest to students and teachers of theology and philosophy of religion."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b7808886.
- catalog created "1995".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1995".
- catalog description ""By exploring a practical, rather than propositional, understanding of religious belief, this book provides a new construct through which to view philosophy of religion. Terrence W. Tilley shifts the focus of debate from the justification of rational belief to the exercise of wisdom in making or maintaining a commitment to religious practices. It is through practices, Tilley concludes, that religious belief is formed." "After analyzing the strengths and limitations of the modern approaches, Tilley applies the concept of wisdom to the process of making a religious commitment. Wisdom, as explored by Aristotle, St. Thomas Aquinas, and John Henry Newman, may be thought of as the bridge between intellectual and moral virtues. Roughly, it can be described as the ability to put intellect into action in a context. Because wisdom is a virtue requiring concrete display, the book discusses the wisdom of commitment to specific religious practices of a range of traditions. These examples demonstrate the issues and complexities involved in the wisdom of making a religious commitment. This important challenge to contemporary philosophy of religion will be of special interest to students and teachers of theology and philosophy of religion."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. Toward a Practical Philosophy of Religion -- Construal of Religion and Religious Belief in Modern Philosophy -- Legacy of Montaigne -- Pascal's Wager and Religious Practice -- 2. Religion Practically Defined -- Practical Theory of Religion Renewed -- Religion as a Tradition -- Stories of Religious Traditions -- Religious Founders and Exemplars -- Religious Goals -- Religious Communities and Institutions -- Religion and Epistemology -- 3. Justifying Religious Belief in Modern Religious Epistemology -- Parity Problem and the Probability of Theism -- New Design Argument for the Reasonableness of Believing in God -- Practical Approach to Justifying Religious Belief -- 4. Wisdom in Practice -- Presumption of Substitutability -- Practice of Wisdom -- 5. Wisdom of Religious Commitment -- Basic Wisdom in Religious Commitment -- Practical Pursuit of Religious Wisdom.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 173 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0878405801".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press,".
- catalog subject "210 20".
- catalog subject "BL51 .T56 1995".
- catalog subject "Religion Philosophy.".
- catalog subject "Wisdom Religious aspects.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Toward a Practical Philosophy of Religion -- Construal of Religion and Religious Belief in Modern Philosophy -- Legacy of Montaigne -- Pascal's Wager and Religious Practice -- 2. Religion Practically Defined -- Practical Theory of Religion Renewed -- Religion as a Tradition -- Stories of Religious Traditions -- Religious Founders and Exemplars -- Religious Goals -- Religious Communities and Institutions -- Religion and Epistemology -- 3. Justifying Religious Belief in Modern Religious Epistemology -- Parity Problem and the Probability of Theism -- New Design Argument for the Reasonableness of Believing in God -- Practical Approach to Justifying Religious Belief -- 4. Wisdom in Practice -- Presumption of Substitutability -- Practice of Wisdom -- 5. Wisdom of Religious Commitment -- Basic Wisdom in Religious Commitment -- Practical Pursuit of Religious Wisdom.".
- catalog title "The wisdom of religious commitment / Terrence W. Tilley.".
- catalog type "text".