Securing the Main Chance: Prudential Belief from Tillotson to Defoe

Many 17th-century arguments over the validity of belief turn from the ontological problem of God's existence toward the consequences of believing versus disbelieving, and the benefits and risks of either choice. Insistence on the necessity of making a choice, and the application of worldly thou...

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Main Author: Starr, G. A. ca. 20./21. Jh. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press [2019]
In: Literature and theology
Year: 2019, Volume: 33, Issue: 1, Pages: 69-89
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
CD Christianity and Culture
FA Theology
VA Philosophy
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