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Baillie, Oman and Macmurray- Experience and Religious Belief  
Author: Adam Hood
ISBN: 0754631354
Format: Handover
Publish Date: June, 2005
 
     
     
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Baillie, Oman and Macmurray- Experience and Religious Belief

FROM THE PUBLISHER

"This book explores the nature of religious belief in the light of the interpretation of the Christian religion given by John Oman, John Baillie and John Macmurray. Each of these were lauded Scottish thinkers of the twentieth century, and this book reintroduces contemporary theologians and students to the value of their respective philosophies of religion. Macmurray, Baillie and Oman each argued that Christianity can be best understood by employing the concept of 'experience', and is best seen as a response to problems and challenges that arise in the course of everyday life. Each also argued that Christianity is both cognitive and practical." Adam Hood draws on the work of these three thinkers and on the resources of theology and analytical philosophy to present an important departure point for understanding the Christian faith and for appreciating the role of Christianity within the wider cultural frame.

SYNOPSIS

Each of the three 20th-century Scottish religious thinkers, John Macmurray, John Baillie, and John Oman, argues that religious belief is a response to a feature of everyday experience, says Hood (Queen's Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education). He uses their ideas to buttress his position that there are preconceptual experiences that are cognitively important, and that the linguistic approach to theology neglects the concept of religion in terms of very basic human intuitions and feelings. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

     



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