Belief: Readings on the Reason for Faith
- ISBN-10
- 006197840X
- ISBN-13
- 9780061978401
- Series
- Belief
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 352
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-03-02
- Publisher
- Harper Collins
- Author
- Francis S. Collins
Description
“A brilliant, wide ranging and powerful series of readings on the possibilities, problems and mysteries of faith. This book belongs on the shelf of every believer—and every serious skeptic.” — Rabbi David Wolpe, author of Why Faith Matters “This life-giving, faith-filled and hard-nosed collection reveals why, as St. Anselm wrote, true faith always seeks to understand.” — Rev. James Martin, author of My Life with the Saints From Dr. Francis Collins, New York Times bestselling author of The Language of God, comes the definitive reader on the rationality of faith.
Get the book
Other editions
-
- 2018
- 400 pages
- Paperback
- Prometheus Books
Similar books
-
Choosing Faith: The Importance of Belief in Finding Purpose in Life
By John W. SaultzWe have the freedom to choose our beliefs, so we have the freedom to choose our purpose. The goal of this book is to help the reader think deeply about this process and explore the meaning of this freedom.
-
The Belief Book
By David G. McAfee, Chuck HarrisonA book about "religions and gods and beliefs in general, [which] also [examines] something called The Scientific Method, which is how we learn new things about the world.
-
Beliefs that Changed the World: The History and Ideas of the Great Religions
By John BowkerThis new, revised edition of Beliefs That Changed the World tells the story of the major faiths from their earliest beginnings to their present day impact.
-
Evaluating Outdated Beliefs: The Transformation of Archaic Beliefs into Updated Consciousness of the Future
By Lloyd E. McIlveenThe Transformation of Archaic Beliefs into Updated Consciousness of the Future Lloyd E. McIlveen ... The right to believe in “any” type manner, shape or form is a reservation of choosing for every single one of us.
-
The Meaning of Belief: Religion from an Atheist’s Point of View
By Tim CraneDefenders of religion find atheists equally unwilling to cede ground. Noting that religion is not what atheists think it is, Tim Crane offers a way out of this stalemate.
-
Evidence and Religious Belief
By Kelly James Clark, Raymond J. VanArragonEvidence and Religious Belief features eleven new essays on the question of whether religious belief must be based on evidence in order to be rational.
-
A Skeptic's Guide to Belief
By Ken CrispinRobert Feeling Good: The Science of Well-Being, oxford: oxford university press, 2004. collins, francis, “dr francis S. collins and Barbara Bradley Hagerty at the May 2009 faith Angle forum,” EPPC, ...
-
On Belief
By Slavoj ZizekWhat is the basis for belief in an era when globalization, multiculturalism and big business is the new religion? This book probes beneath the surface of the way we normally think about belief, in particular Judaism and Christianity.
-
Whose God? Which Tradition?: The Nature of Belief in God
By D.Z. PhillipsPhilosophy of Religion is marked by controversy over which philosophical accounts do justice to core religious beliefs. Many Wittgenstinian philosophers are accused by analytic philosophers of religion of distorting these beliefs.
-
The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism
By Timothy KellerTimothy Keller, the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, addresses the frequent doubts that skeptics, and even ardent believers, have about religion.