A phenomenology of the devout life : a philosophy of Christian life. Part I / George Pattison.
2018
BV4501.3
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Title
A phenomenology of the devout life : a philosophy of Christian life. Part I / George Pattison.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780191851360 (electronic book)
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Call Number
BV4501.3
Dewey Decimal Classification
248.4
Summary
'A Phenomenology of the Devout Life' is the first part of a three-part work, 'A Philosophy of Christian Life.' Rather than approaching Christianity through its doctrinal statements, as philosophers of religion have often done, the book starts by offering a phenomenological description of the devout life as that is set out in the teaching of François de Sales and related authors. This is because for most Christians practice and life-commitments are more fundamental than formal doctrinal beliefs. Although George Pattison will address the metaphysical truth-claims of Christianity in Part three, the guiding argument is that it is the Christian way of life that best reveals what these beliefs really are. As the work is a philosophical study, it does not presuppose the truth of Christianity but assumes only that there is a humanly accessible meaning to the intention to live a devout life.
Note
'A Phenomenology of the Devout Life' is the first part of a three-part work, 'A Philosophy of Christian Life.' Rather than approaching Christianity through its doctrinal statements, as philosophers of religion have often done, the book starts by offering a phenomenological description of the devout life as that is set out in the teaching of François de Sales and related authors. This is because for most Christians practice and life-commitments are more fundamental than formal doctrinal beliefs. Although George Pattison will address the metaphysical truth-claims of Christianity in Part three, the guiding argument is that it is the Christian way of life that best reveals what these beliefs really are. As the work is a philosophical study, it does not presuppose the truth of Christianity but assumes only that there is a humanly accessible meaning to the intention to live a devout life.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 25, 2018).
Series
Philosophy of Christian life.
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Print version: 9780198813507
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