These latter titles are for convenience; the full title of the Monologion is An Example of Meditation on the Meaning of Faith, and of the Proslogion, Faith in Quest of Understanding. These titles reveal two very different models for the relation between faith and reason. The first is an ...
Kierkegaard argues that faith involves a paradox that transcends human reason. He posits that religious faith often defies logical consistency and rational understanding. For instance, the idea of the infinite and the finite, or the divine and the human, converging in the figure of Christ is seen...
Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe. —Voltaire 47 Faith... is the art of holding on to things yourreason once accepted, despite yourchanging moods. —C. S. Lewis 27 Faith and fear both demand you believe in something you cannot see. You choose...
It is important to stress that this is not the only reason we should study the lives of the saints. It is simply what our initial approach should be aimed at. Armed with the realization of what grace can turn us into, we now ought to turn to their example personally. Each of the Sai...
By now our moral and emotional muscles are well trained, and we understand how to live well, and why we should try to. When we want to express our human nature creatively, in acts of generosity or courage, for example, our minds and hearts and bodies will respond to our wishes. In ...
of Stuart Monarchs. It was in the mediaeval period that the idea that a person could have a dual identity entered anglophone discussion. Thomas Hobbes, for example, drew on these traditions when he argued that the King was both a natural person (for example Charles Stuart), and an artificial...
I would remind myself that everything happens for a reason, and that there is a plan for me even when things seem bleak. This belief gave me the resilience to keep pushing forward and eventually, things turned around for the better. Another example is how faith has helped me navigate ...
(the conversion of life into text, the conversion of a philosopher to religious faith, the conversion of the believer, understood as the appropriation of his/her life by an entire community as yet another example of communal practice, and ultimately, the conversion of the entire community to ...
I believe that there is a greater force at work in the universe, and that everything happens for a reason. Faith has helped me through many tough times. For example, when I was going through a difficult breakup, Iturned to my faith for comfort and guidance. I prayed for strength and ...