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Pistis, fides, and propositional belief

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 October 2018

DANIEL HOWARD-SNYDER
DANIEL HOWARD-SNYDER*
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Western Washington University, 516 High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA
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Abstract

In my contribution to the symposium on Teresa Morgan's Roman Faith and Christian Faith, I set the stage for three questions. First, in the Graeco-Roman view, when you put/maintain faith in someone, is the cognitive aspect of your faith compatible with scepticism about the relevant propositions? Second, did some of the New Testament authors think that one could put/maintain faith in God while being sceptical about the relevant propositions? Third, in her private writings, Saint Teresa of Calcutta described herself as living by faith and yet not believing; even so, by all appearances, she was an exemplar of faith in God. Would people during the period of your study tend to see her as an exemplar of faith in God?

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Book Symposium
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Religious Studies , Volume 54 , Issue 4 , December 2018 , pp. 585 - 592
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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Kololodiejchuk, B. (2007) Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light (New York: Doubleday).Google Scholar
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