
Faith in Certain Terms
Olli-Pekka Vainio(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 14. April 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
168 pages
978-1-032-53329-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book considers how certainty and faith are related in the Christian faith. It asks: How certain can Christian believers be about their beliefs about God? Should Christians doubt the assurance of their salvation? The chapters provide a historical analysis of both certainty of faith and assurance from the early Church to modern times while also paying attention to confessional differences. The author explores contemporary debates in analytic epistemology on the certainty and fallibility of our beliefs and argues for a fallibilist understanding of Christian faith. The book also addresses some less-discussed arguments that threaten the certainty of faith and offers an account of faith as cognitive practice. It will be of interest to scholars of both theology and philosophy.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
278 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-53329-2 (9781032533292)
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Person
Olli-Pekka Vainio is Professor Of Dogmatics, Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki.
Content
1. Introduction 2. Some preliminary considerations 3. Certainty and the Church 4. Faith, Certainty and Fallibilism 5. Faith and doubt 6. Certainty challenged