Faith in theory and practice : essays on justifying religious belief / edited by Elizabeth S. Radcliffe and Carol J. White. - Chicago, IL : Open Court, c1993. - xix, 235 p. ; pbk ; 24 cm.

"This collection of essays derives from a 1991 conference held at Santa Clara University"--Introd.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents : The fulfillment of promises as evidence for religious belief / William P. Alston -- An evolutionary argument against naturalism / Alvin Plantinga -- Faith as imperfect knowledge / Richard E. Creel -- The certainty of faith / William Lad Sessions -- On the rationality of being religious -- Joshua L. Golding -- Religious experiences: skepticism, gullibility or credulity / Stephen Grover -- Hume's evidential/testimonial epistemology, probability, and miracles / Francis J. Beckwith -- Religious and scientific uses of anecdotal evidence / Jesse Hobbs -- Intellectual virtue to religious epistemology / Linda Zagzebski -- Reformed epistemology and epistemic duty / James F. Sennett -- Skepticism, religious belief, and the extent of doxastic reliability / Michael A. Brown.

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Faith and reason--Congresses.
Religion--Philosophy--Congresses.

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