Dimensions of Faith: Understanding Faith through the Lens of Science and Religion - Softcover

Donaldson, Steve

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1498220053 ISBN 13: 9781498220057

Publisher: Cascade Books, 2015

Synopsis

In Dimensions of Faith, cognitive scientist Steve Donaldson takes readers on a journey from the world of assumptions, set minds, widely varying beliefs, and popular misconceptions to an understanding of the true essence and role of faith as the natural and inevitable product of brains. Using numerous illustrations and examples, Donaldson shows how faith is necessitated by a variety of unavoidable limitations, exposes the myth of a divide between faith and critical thinking, provides practical advice for crafting coherent beliefs, and explains why there can never be such a place as "Factland". Along the way he takes a special look at religious faith-evaluating its attributes, exploring its relation to other manifestations of faith, investigating whether God has done his job well enough to warrant the faith placed in him, and pondering how truth seekers can sometimes end up in very different places.

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About the Author

Steve Donaldson, PhD, is Professor and Computer Science Program Director at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. He also codirects the Computational Biology program, teaches in the Science and Religion and University Fellows Honors programs, and is one of the cofounders of the Samford Center for Science and Religion. His research interests include cognition, models of intelligence, autonomous systems, self-organization and emergence, and the interface of science and religion.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1498220053
• ISBN 13: 9781498220057
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 300