TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tilley,Terrence W.
TI  - The wisdom of religious commitment
SN  - 0585162395
AV  - BL51 .T56 1995.eb
U1  - 210 20
PY  - 1995///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - Georgetown University Press
KW  - Religion
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Wisdom
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Geloof
KW  - gtt
KW  - Religionsphilosophie
KW  - gnd
KW  - Religion - General
KW  - hilcc
KW  - Philosophy & Religion
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-167) and index; Toward a practical philosophy of religion -- Construal of religion and religious belief in modern philosophy -- Legacy of Montaigne -- Pascal's wager and religious practice -- Religion practically defined -- Practical theory of religion renewed -- Religion as a tradition -- Stories of religious traditions -- Religious founders and exemplars -- Religious goals -- Religious communities and institutions -- Religion and epistemology -- Justifying religious belief in modern religious epistemology -- Parity problem and the probability of Theism -- New design argument for the reasonableness of believing in God -- Practical approach to justifying religious belief -- Wisdom in practice -- Presumption of substitutability -- Practice of wisdom -- Wisdom of religious commitment -- Basic wisdom in religious commitment -- Practical pursuit of religious wisdom; Electronic reproduction; [S.l.]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2011
N2  - "By exploring a practical, rather than propositional, understanding of religious belief, this book provides a new construct through which to view philosophy of religion. Terrence W. Tilley shifts the focus of debate from the justification of rational belief to the exercise of wisdom in making or maintaining a commitment to religious practices. It is through practices, Tilley concludes, that religious belief is formed." "After analyzing the strengths and limitations of the modern approaches, Tilley applies the concept of wisdom to the process of making a religious commitment. Wisdom, as explored by Aristotle, St. Thomas Aquinas, and John Henry Newman, may be thought of as the bridge between intellectual and moral virtues. Roughly, it can be described as the ability to put intellect into action in a context. Because wisdom is a virtue requiring concrete display, the book discusses the wisdom of commitment to specific religious practices of a range of traditions. These examples demonstrate the issues and complexities involved in the wisdom of making a religious commitment. This important challenge to contemporary philosophy of religion will be of special interest to students and teachers of theology and philosophy of religion."--Jacket
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