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Beyond Legitimation

Essays on the Problem of Religious Knowledge

Palgrave Macmillan

Authors:

  1. Donald Wiebe

    1. Trinity College, Toronto, Canada

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Part of the book series: Library of Philosophy and Religion (LPR)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Compatibility Systems and the Legitimation of Religious Belief

    1. Front Matter

      Pages xv-xv
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    3. Is Religious Belief Problematic?

      • Donald Wiebe
      Pages 17-28

    4. The Cognitive Status of Religious Belief

      • Donald Wiebe
      Pages 29-41

    5. Explanation and Theological Method

      • Donald Wiebe
      Pages 42-56

  3. Beyond Legitimation: Compatibility Systems Reconsidered

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
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    3. Is Science Really an Implicit Religion?

      • Donald Wiebe
      Pages 87-99

  4. On the Incommensurability of Scientific and Religious Belief

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129
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  5. Back Matter

    Pages 195-243
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About this book

The early essays in this volume proceed on the assumption that a compatibility system can be fashioned that will not only bring religious knowledge claims into harmony with scientific claims but will also show there to be a fundamental similarity of method in religious and scientific thinking. They are not, however, unambiguously successful. Consequently Professor Wiebe sets out in the succeeding essays to seek an understanding of the religion/science relationship that does not assume they must be compatible. That examination, in the final analysis, reveals a fundamental contradiction in the compatibility system building programme which more than suggests that religious belief (knowledge) is beyond legitimation.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Trinity College, Toronto, Canada

    Donald Wiebe

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Beyond Legitimation

  • Book Subtitle: Essays on the Problem of Religious Knowledge

  • Authors: Donald Wiebe

  • Series Title: Library of Philosophy and Religion

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23668-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Donald Wiebe 1994

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-61490-7Published: 26 October 1994

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-23670-1Published: 01 January 1994

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-23668-8Published: 01 January 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2947-0242

  • Series E-ISSN: 2947-0250

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 243

  • Topics: Philosophy of Religion

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