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Knowing with the HeartReligious Experience & Belief in God(paperback)By Roy Clouser 
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About the Book"The heart has its reasons the mind will never know," said the famous scientist and philosopher Blaise Pascal. These days, Pascal's statement is often used to defend our hunches, our loves, our emotional convictions. But Pascal was really describing our intuitive knowledge of "the first principles of number, time, space, and motion." And he believed God can be known in the same way, so that belief in God has the same justification as scientific and mathematic principles. Today his idea is largely disputed--at least his idea about belief in God. In our modern/post-modern era, it is often considered not only foolish but downright offensive to suggest that there might be "true" and "false" religious beliefs. Yet Christians profess to believe in and have a relationship with a living, actual God. And they believe the reality of that God means that certain religious beliefs are, when all is said and done, false. Can such belief in God--belief that is not merely private preference--be intelligently defended? On what grounds might such faith be based? Was Pascal right or wrong? In Knowing with the Heart, Roy Clouser asks and answers these questions. Clouser begins by clarifying the nature of religious belief, cogently arguing that it is "a basic belief formed in response to experience rather than blind trust." He shows how such belief is unavoidable--however "secular" or "nonreligious" some people may think themselves to be. And he invigoratingly displays the ultimate reasonableness of Christian faith, demonstrating that belief in God is not belief beyond the evidence but actual, legitimate knowledge. Written in clear and nontechnical language, Knowing with the Heart is intended for believers concerned with the credentials of their faith--and for those who don't believe in God but are willing to investigate and reconsider. Contents »Features & Benefits » |
