
John Henry Newman A `Kindly Light' in a Godless Age
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| Author: | Albert Kumar Savarimuthu SDB |
| ISBN 13: | 9789360656843 |
| Binding: | Softcover |
| Language: | English |
| Year: | 2026 |
| Pages: | xx+139pp., 22cm |
| Published On: | 3rd January 2026 |
| Subject: | Philosophy and Religion/Christianity |
About the Book
CONTENTS: Foreword,
Preface,
Introduction,
1. Impossibility of Real and Rational Belief: The Spirit of Liberalism in Religion,
1.1. Liberalism in Religion as False Liberty of Thought,
1.2. The Problem of Epistemological Overextension,
1.3. Consequence: Denial of the Possibility of Real and Rational Belief,
2. Possibility of Real and Rational Belief in Newman’s Grammar,
2.1. The Foundation of Belief: Apprehension and Simple Assent,
2.2. From Inference to Certitude: The Pathway to Rational Assent,
2.3. The Culmination in Concrete Reason: The Illative Sense and Rational Belief,
3. Apologia as a Testament to the Possibility of Real and Rational Belief,
3.1. The Foundation of Certitude: Early Conversion and the Rejection of Mere Logic,
3.2. The Pilgrimage of Reason: The Via Media and the Convergence of Evidence,
3.3. Arriving at Port: Complex Assent as Lived Experience,
4. New Atheism: A Fresh Perspective or Recycled Ideas?,
4.1. Describing New Atheism,
4.2. Fundamental Tenets of New Atheism,
4.3. Exploring the ‘New’ in New Atheism,
Chapter 5: Newman’s Grammar: A Relevant Response to,
Dawkins’ God Hypothesis’,
5.1. Dawkins’ ‘God Hypothesis’,
5.2. The “God of the Gaps”: Framing Faith as Faulty Logic,
5.3. Newman’s Grammar as Relevant Response,
Conclusion,
Bibliography,
Appendix-I,
Appendix-II.
