Believing: An Historical PerspectiveA study of the difference between the terms "belief" and "believe" and how the meaning has changed through history, this text reveals that emphasis is purely a modern phenomenon. Smith tackles such questions as: what do the terms "belief" and "believe" actually mean?; and is the concept of "believing" integral to a solid conviction? |
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... Muslim apologist , if he were teaching it , would presumably have as his goal the persuading of the students that they should accept . A certain type of histor- ian would aim at presenting it as illustrative of the Muslim middle ages ...
... Muslim apologist , if he were teaching it , would presumably have as his goal the persuading of the students that they should accept . A certain type of histor- ian would aim at presenting it as illustrative of the Muslim middle ages ...
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... Muslims , from the seventh to the twentieth centuries , and from Spain to China , than to see it as a purely mundane seventh - century Arabian book , written by Muhammad , as Western scholarship used to do , and to insist on doing . How ...
... Muslims , from the seventh to the twentieth centuries , and from Spain to China , than to see it as a purely mundane seventh - century Arabian book , written by Muhammad , as Western scholarship used to do , and to insist on doing . How ...
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... Muslim group , and which serves them as a pattern for ordering the data of observation , not as among the data to be ... Muslims , each thing that they see , each object that they touch , each sentence that they utter or receive , takes ...
... Muslim group , and which serves them as a pattern for ordering the data of observation , not as among the data to be ... Muslims , each thing that they see , each object that they touch , each sentence that they utter or receive , takes ...
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affirm ancient Egyptians Bible Buddhist century chap chapter Christ Christian Church comparativist concept course culture Damaris Masham discussion edition English explicitly fact Faith & Belief false Francis Bacon Fraser Gifford Lectures Glauben Greek Gustaf Aulén Hindu historian of religion historical Hobbes human history imagine instance intellectual interpretation involved ISBN Islamic Jesus John Locke judgement Keith Ward language less linguistic logic London matter meaning meant mediaeval modern Mouroux Muslims natural Nonetheless notion noun object once one's oneself opinion Oscar Cullmann particular perhaps person philosophers phrase pistis Plotinus presuppositions primarily proposition question Qur'an recent recognize relation religious statements Revised Standard Version sense sentence significant speaks suggest Summa Theologiae symbols term Testament theologians theology thesis thing thought to-day transcendent translation true trust truth understand usage voll Western Wilfred Cantwell Smith word belief world-view writes wrong þat