Believing in Order to See: On the Rationality of Revelation and the Irrationality of Some Believers

by Jean-Luc Marion

Book Overview

Faith and reason, especially in Roman Catholic thought, are less contradictory today than ever. But does the supposed opposition even make sense to begin with? One can lose faith, but surely not because one gains in reason. Some, in fact, lose faith when reason is not able to make sense of the experiences of our lives. We very quickly realize that reason does not understand everything. Immense areas remain incomprehensible and irrational, which...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823275841
• ISBN13: 9780823275847
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"