EXPERIENTIALIST AND EVIDENTIALIST APPROACHES TO THE JUSTIFICATION OF THEISM
Recent philosophy of religion has been characterized by a powerful advocacy of the view that the rational justification of religious belief lies in the religious experiences which give rise to it or appear to confirm it. On the basis of this position John Hick has questioned the approach used by the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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ASRSA
1995
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Journal for the study of religion
Year: 1995, Volume: 8, Issue: 2, Pages: 47-58 |
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| Summary: | Recent philosophy of religion has been characterized by a powerful advocacy of the view that the rational justification of religious belief lies in the religious experiences which give rise to it or appear to confirm it. On the basis of this position John Hick has questioned the approach used by the present author in assessing evidence for and against the credibility of orthodox Christian theism. This article discusses the two approaches and argues not only that the evidentialist approach is valid in its own right but that without it the experiential approach favoured by Hick and certain other leading thinkers cannot be sustained. |
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| ISSN: | 2413-3027 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of religion
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