Christ's faith, doubt, and the cry of dereliction
According to accounts of the Passion, Christ cries out from the cross, 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?' The cry, I argue, manifests that Christ lacks a belief that God is with him. Given the standard view of faith-belief that p is required for faith that p-it would follow that C...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Nature B. V
2017
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International journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 81, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 161-169 |
| Further subjects: | B
FAITH (Christianity)
B philosophy of religion B BELIEF & doubt B Religion Philosophy B Crucifixion B Reliance B Cognition B Faith B Jesus Christ B Jesus Christ Crucifixion B Doubt B Cry of dereliction |
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| Summary: | According to accounts of the Passion, Christ cries out from the cross, 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?' The cry, I argue, manifests that Christ lacks a belief that God is with him. Given the standard view of faith-belief that p is required for faith that p-it would follow that Christ lost his faith that God is with him just before he died. In this paper, I challenge the standard view by looking at the cognitive requirement of faith. Although faith that p requires some positive cognitive orientation toward p, that orientation need not be belief. I show that reliance is an alternative stance that fulfills the cognitive requirement of faith. Reliance aims at providing sensible guidance for action that is in accord with one's values/ends. Thinking of the cognitive component of Christ's faith in terms of reliance makes sense of the doubt manifested in his cry. |
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| ISSN: | 1572-8684 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11153-016-9608-8 |