The Encounter of Faith and Reason in the Western Tradition and Its Significance Today
This article is a transcription of a lecture on faith and reason that was delivered by Alexander Altmann at the University of Chicago in 1961, preserved in a tape recording and recently discovered by the editor. Altmann’s lecture is a far-reaching discussion of the interrelationship between faith an...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Chicago Press
2021
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The journal of religion
Year: 2021, Volume: 101, Issue: 3, Pages: 326-350 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Altmann, Alexander 1906-1987
/ Western world
/ Faith
/ Reason
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AG Religious life; material religion CB Christian life; spirituality VA Philosophy |
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| Summary: | This article is a transcription of a lecture on faith and reason that was delivered by Alexander Altmann at the University of Chicago in 1961, preserved in a tape recording and recently discovered by the editor. Altmann’s lecture is a far-reaching discussion of the interrelationship between faith and reason in Western thought, explored from a range of vantage points: philosophical, theological, and historical. The article also contains a brief introduction to the original lecture by the distinguished scholar Leo Strauss. In addition, the editor has added his own introduction, which presents an overview of the biography and achievement of Alexander Altmann, some comments highlighting the prominent literary features of the lecture, and a brief analysis in point form of the contents of the lecture. Also added to the lecture are detailed annotations by the editor, in an effort to provide the sources for Altmann’s numerous references to philosophers and theologians (ancient, medieval, modern, and contemporary). Those notes also offer further elucidation in aid of understanding Altmann’s greater argument about faith and reason, by focusing on some of those matters in the lecture that may be either perplexing or obscure to readers. |
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| ISSN: | 1549-6538 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1086/714238 |