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John Henry Newman A `Kindly Light' in a Godless Age

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

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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.