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When Faith Meets Reason : Religion Scholars Reflect on Their Spiritual Journeys - Charles W. Hedrick

When Faith Meets Reason

Religion Scholars Reflect on Their Spiritual Journeys

By: Charles W. Hedrick, Robert W. Funk (Preface by), Susan Elliott, David Galston

Paperback | 21 October 2008

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What happens to faith when the creeds and confessions can no longer be squared with historical and empirical evidence? Most critical scholars have wrestled with this question. Some have found ways to reconcile their personal religious belief with the scholarship they practice. Others have chosen to reconstruct their view of religious meaning in light of what they have learned. But most have tended not to share those views in a public forum. And that brings up a second question: At what point does the discrepancy between what I know, or think I know, and what I am willing to say publicly become so acute that my personal integrity is at stake? Being honest about what one thinks has always mattered in critical scholarship. In the pages of ""When Faith Meets Reason"", thirteen scholars take up the challenge to speak candidly about how they negotiate the conflicting claims of faith and reason, in hopes that their journeys will inspire others to engage in their own search for meaning.
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The great thing about this book is that it is not trying to convert you to anything. Here youAcA A ll find a group of scholars letting us in on some of their most precious and private convictions. . . . This book could lead to a dangerous epidemic of honesty among religious thinkers.Richard Holloway, Bishop of Edinburgh and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church retired I love this book! It would be great value just for the quality and extent of the scholarship that it offers. However the personal testimonies about the respective journeys of faith of these talented writers give the book a perspective and a dimension that would not be found in most scholarly books. . . . A wonderful book for study groups, personal retreats or family discussions over the dinner table. Fred C. Plumer, President, The Center for Progressive Christianity In a slender book rich with large and profound ideas, Hedrick collects 13 essays solicited from scholars in religion (including himself) that answer the broad question of how faith is understood when it conflicts with reason, science, or scholarship. Their answers are remarkably varied, painfully honest, and profoundly respectful of Christian tradition and newer truths alike. Graham Christian - Library Journal

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