Uncertain Belief: Is It Rational to Be a Christian? - Hardcover

Bartholomew, David J.; Bartholomew, Nancy

 
9780198263784: Uncertain Belief: Is It Rational to Be a Christian?
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0198263783 ISBN 13: 9780198263784
Verlag: OUP Oxford, 1996

Inhaltsangabe

The certainties which underpinned Christian belief have crumbled in a world where science sets the standard of what is true. A rational case for belief must therefore be constructed out of uncertainties. Probability theory provides the tools for measuring and combining uncertainties and is thus the key to progress. This book examines four much debated topics where the logic of uncertain reference can be brought to bear. These are: miracles, the paranormal, God's existence, and the Bible. Given the great diversity of evidence, it is not surprising that opposite conclusions have been drawn by supposedly rational people. An assessment of the state of the argument from a probabilistic perspective is overdue. In this book Professor Bartholomew examines and refutes some of the more extravagant claims, evaluates the weight of some of the quantitative evidence, and provides an answer to the fundamental question: can a rational person be a Christian?

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David J. Bartholomew is Professor of Statistics at London School of Economics.

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The certainties which underpinned Christian belief have crumbled in a world where science sets the standard of what is true. A rational case for belief must therefore be constructed out of uncertainties. Probability theory provides the tools for measuring and combining uncertainties and is thus the key to progress. This book examines four much debated topics where the logic of uncertain reference can be brought to bear. These are: miracles, the paranormal, God's existence, and the Bible. Given the great diversity of evidence, it is not surprising that opposite conclusions have been drawn by supposedly rational people. An assessment of the state of the argument from a probabilistic perspective is overdue. In this book Professor Bartholomew examines and refutes some of the more extravagant claims, evaluates the weight of some of the quantitative evidence, and provides an answer to the fundamental question: can a rational person be a Christian?

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Verlag
OUP Oxford
Erscheinungsdatum
1996
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0198263783
ISBN 13 
9780198263784
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
300
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