How Can I Believe?
A Little Book Of Guidance
Published on 19. April 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
48 pages
978-0-281-07691-8 (ISBN)
Description
Why do we exist? Is there a God? What's the point of it all? These are some of the questions that all thinking people ask at some point in their lives.
John Cottingham explores the whys and wherefores that lead people to become believers.
Contents
The starting point
Why want to believe in the first place?
The human quest Reaching for the unknown
The still small voice Intimations of the sacred
Evil and waste
Belief and observance
John Cottingham explores the whys and wherefores that lead people to become believers.
Contents
The starting point
Why want to believe in the first place?
The human quest Reaching for the unknown
The still small voice Intimations of the sacred
Evil and waste
Belief and observance
Reviews / Votes
Strongly recommended. Ministers will find them a useful reference and may consider getting additional copies for pastoral encounters and spiritual counselling. * The Reader *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 111 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight
54 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-281-07691-8 (9780281076918)
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E-Book
04/2018
1st Edition
SPCK Publishing
€3.49
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Person
John Cottingham is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of Reading, Professorial Research Fellow at Heythrop College, University of London, and an Honorary Fellow of St John's College, Oxford.
He has held visiting appointments in the United States (Fulbright Scholar) and New Zealand (Erskine Fellowship) and has served as Chairman of the British Society for the History of Philosophy, as President of the Mind Association, and as President of the Aristotelian Society. From 1993-2012 he was Editor of Ratio, the international journal of analytic philosophy. From 2007-9 he was President of the British Society for the Philosophy of Religion and is a life member of the Council of the Society.
He has held visiting appointments in the United States (Fulbright Scholar) and New Zealand (Erskine Fellowship) and has served as Chairman of the British Society for the History of Philosophy, as President of the Mind Association, and as President of the Aristotelian Society. From 1993-2012 he was Editor of Ratio, the international journal of analytic philosophy. From 2007-9 he was President of the British Society for the Philosophy of Religion and is a life member of the Council of the Society.
Content
Contents
1 The starting point
2 Why want to believe in the first place?
3 The human quest
4 Reaching for the unknown
5 The still small voice
6 Intimations of the sacred
7 Evil and waste
8 Belief and observance
1 The starting point
2 Why want to believe in the first place?
3 The human quest
4 Reaching for the unknown
5 The still small voice
6 Intimations of the sacred
7 Evil and waste
8 Belief and observance