The Decision of Faith: Can Christian Beliefs Be Freely Chosen? By Kevin Kinghorn. Pp. viii + 205. London and New York: T & T Clark (a Continuum imprint), 2005. isbn 0 567 03067 9 and 03068 7. Hardback n.p; paper £19.99
In Part I of this book (a revision of an Oxford D.Phil. thesis supervised by Richard Swinburne) Kinghorn argues that beliefs cannot be freely chosen; they can be examined and tested, but there is no guarantee that anyone will be successful in obtaining a particular belief via such a process. Faith,...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2006
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2006, Volume: 57, Issue: 2, Pages: 835-836 |
| Review of: | The decision of faith (London [u.a.] : T & T Clark, 2005) (Gould, Graham)
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| Summary: | In Part I of this book (a revision of an Oxford D.Phil. thesis supervised by Richard Swinburne) Kinghorn argues that beliefs cannot be freely chosen; they can be examined and tested, but there is no guarantee that anyone will be successful in obtaining a particular belief via such a process. Faith, by contrast, is a voluntary entering into a relationship with God through obedience to his authority; but it must be based on beliefs held about God. So a problem is proposed for the Christian doctrine that God will judge people who lack faith: can they be held responsible if they lack the beliefs on which faith is based? In Part II this question is answered in the affirmative: people can, in some circumstances, culpably fail to see the evidence for theism. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flj127 |