Why should anyone believe anything at all?
1994
Book
James Sire takes a look at the actual reasons people give for believing what they do. He then probes further to suggest more satisfying and compelling reasons for belief. Having explored the issue of belief in general, he turns to the question of believing that the Christian faith is true. Central to Christianity's truth claims, he argues, is the person of Jesus Christ. What can we know about him? Why should we believe what we read about him is true? Not content just to suggest reasons for belief, Sire tackles the chief reason against it - the problem of evil.
Item Details
ISBN: 9780830813971
Description: 239 pages ; 21 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-239).
Contents:
- pt. I. Why should anyone believe anything? It makes my head hurt : the nature and necessity of belief ; Why people believe what they believe ; The social context ; The personal context ; The religious dimension ; The philosophic dimension
- pt. II. Why should anyone believe Christianity? The Gospels as reliable history ; Jesus the reason ; Jesus : the dilemma of his identity ; The scholars' quest for Jesus ; The resurrection of Jesus ; The rationality of Christian faith ; The problem of evil ; The personal experience of Christians ; The challenge of belief.
LCCN: 94018632
Control Number: 2798382
Publisher: Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, [1994]