Faith and freedom : contexts, choices, and crises in religious commitments 9781138607774, 1138607770

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Faith and freedom : contexts, choices, and crises in religious commitments
9781138607774, 1138607770

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Donald A.

Table of contents :
1. Contextual freedom, religious beliefs, and stances of faith. Contextual freedom and religious beliefs
Contextual freedom and stances of faith
Two kinds of truth and two ways of expressing truth
Responsible freedom and the life of faith
Faith, freedom, and weakness of will
Conclusion --
2. Functions of religious ultimates. Role-functional analysis
Uniqueness
Primacy
Pervasiveness
Rightness
Permanence
Hiddenness
Secular faith
Conclusion --
3. A range of choices. Monotheism
Polytheism
Contemplative monism
Religious naturalism
Approaches to religious diversity
Conclusion --
4. Ways of being religious. Way of knowledge
Way of devotion
Way of works
Way of mystical experience
Pluralism and the four ways of being religious
Conclusion --
5. Why religious faith is important. Positive side of personal religious faith
Positive side of communal religious faith
Negative side of personal religious faith
Negative side of communal religious faith
Positive side of religion for the earth and its nonhuman creatures
Negative side of religion for the earth and its nonhuman creatures
Conclusion --
6. Points of departure. God
Atonement and apotheosis
Nature-human dualism
Belief in an afterlife
Scriptural authority
Conclusion --
7. Points of arrival. Importance of religion
Wisdom of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian New Testament
Seriousness of moral evil
Goodness of nature
Pivotal role of mystery
Religion's intimate relation with the natural sciences
A vast and ever-changing universe
Evolutionary and ecological interdependencies on earth
Radical incarnation
Conclusion.

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