Why Faith Is a Virtue

What is faith? In what ways might faith be a virtue, a component of a life well lived? How might faith be corrupted and become a vice?

In Why Faith Is a Virtue, Philip D. Smith builds on the work of Alasdair MacIntyre and Robert Adams to argue that faith contributes to human excellence. To make the argument, Smith sorts through conflicting possible "faiths" and shows how some of them are not virtues at all. Nevertheless, he argues that faith, properly understood, contributes to crucial human practices: scientific research, social reform, and parenting. He explains how and why faith is a virtue.

Info autore

Philip Smith is professor of philosophy at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon. He is the author of The Virtue of Civility in the Practice of Politics (2002), Why Faith is a Virtue (2014), and two novels: The Heart of the Sea (2008) and Buying the Bangkok Girl (2013).

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Philip D Smith, Philip D. Smith
• Editore: Wipf & stock publishers
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 10.03.2014
• EAN: 9781498216227
• ISBN: 978-1-4982-1622-7
• Pagine: 182
• Dimensioni: 157 mm x 235 mm x 15 mm
• Peso: 437 g
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia