Reason and the heart :
Wainwright, William J.
Reason and the heart : a prolegomenon to a critique of passional reason / William J. Wainwright. - 1 online resource (x, 160 pages) - Cornell studies in the philosophy of religion . - Cornell studies in the philosophy of religion. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Jonathan Edwards and the heart -- John Henry Newman and the "Grammar of Assent" -- William James, rationality, and religious belief -- Subjectivism and circularity -- The specter of relativism.
Between the opposing claims of reason and religious subjectivity may be a middle ground, William J. Wainwright argues. His book is a philosophical reflection on the role of emotion in guiding reason. There is evidence, he contends, that reason functions properly only when informed by a rightly disposed heart.
9781501717321 1501717324
22573/ctv1krh39 JSTOR
Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758.
Newman, John Henry, 1801-1890.
James, William, 1842-1910.
Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758
James, William, 1842-1910
Newman, John Henry, 1801-1890
Faith and reason.
Faith and reason--Christianity.
Subjectivity--Religious aspects.
Subjectivity--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Faith and reason.
Faith and reason--Christianity.
Subjectivity--Religious aspects.
Subjectivity--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Glaube
Vernunft
RELIGION / Philosophy
PHILOSOPHY / Religious
Electronic books.
BL51 / .W16 1995eb
210
Reason and the heart : a prolegomenon to a critique of passional reason / William J. Wainwright. - 1 online resource (x, 160 pages) - Cornell studies in the philosophy of religion . - Cornell studies in the philosophy of religion. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Jonathan Edwards and the heart -- John Henry Newman and the "Grammar of Assent" -- William James, rationality, and religious belief -- Subjectivism and circularity -- The specter of relativism.
Between the opposing claims of reason and religious subjectivity may be a middle ground, William J. Wainwright argues. His book is a philosophical reflection on the role of emotion in guiding reason. There is evidence, he contends, that reason functions properly only when informed by a rightly disposed heart.
9781501717321 1501717324
22573/ctv1krh39 JSTOR
Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758.
Newman, John Henry, 1801-1890.
James, William, 1842-1910.
Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758
James, William, 1842-1910
Newman, John Henry, 1801-1890
Faith and reason.
Faith and reason--Christianity.
Subjectivity--Religious aspects.
Subjectivity--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Faith and reason.
Faith and reason--Christianity.
Subjectivity--Religious aspects.
Subjectivity--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Glaube
Vernunft
RELIGION / Philosophy
PHILOSOPHY / Religious
Electronic books.
BL51 / .W16 1995eb
210
