
Faith's Knowledge
Explorations into the Theory and Application of Theological Epistemology
Paul Tyson(Author)
Wipf & Stock Publishers
Published on 2. May 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
212 pages
978-1-61097-818-7 (ISBN)
Description
Can we know truth even though certain proof is unattainable? Can we be known by Truth? Is there a relationship between belief and truth, and if so, what is the nature of that relationship? Do we need to have faith in reason and in real meaning to be able to reason towards truth? These are the sorts of questions this book seeks to address. In Faith's Knowledge, Paul Tyson argues that all knowledge that aims at truth is always the knowledge of faith. If this is the case, then--against our modernist cultural assumptions about knowledge--truth cannot be had by proof. Yet, if this is true, then mere information and simply objective facts do not (for us as knowers) exist. Knowledge is always embedded in belief, and knowledge and belief is always expressed in relationships, histories, narratives, shared meanings, and power. Hence, a theological sociology of knowledge emerges out of these explorations in thinking about knowledge as a function of faith.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Eugene
United States
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Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
1, black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
315 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61097-818-7 (9781610978187)
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Faith's Knowledge
Explorations Into the Theory and Application of Theological Epistemology
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William Desmond is David Cook Chair in Philosophy at Villanova University, and professor of philosophy emeritus at the Institute of Philosophy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
Paul Tyson writes about Christian Platonism, theological metaphysics, epistemology, the theology of science, theological sociology, the sociology of knowledge, and the theology and politics of money.