Uncertain Belief | Is It Rational to Be a Christian?

David J. Bartholomew (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 0198263783 / ISBN 13: 9780198263784

Published by OUP Oxford, 1996

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Uncertain Belief | Is It Rational to Be a Christian? | David J. Bartholomew (u. a.) | Buch | Gebunden | Englisch | 1996 | OUP Oxford | EAN 9780198263784 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Uncertain Belief | Is It Rational to Be a Christian?
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198263783
• ISBN 13: 9780198263784
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 222W x 145H x 21D millimeters 222 millimeters width by 145 millimeters height by 21 millimeters depth
• Weight: 557 grams
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Synopsis

Do miracles happen? Is the Bible true? What about the paranormal? Does God exist? The underpinning of belief have crumbled in a world where science sets the standard of what is true; people continue to ask these questions but there are no agreed upon answers. At the rational level, uncertainty is inevitable. Probability theory provides the tools for measuring and combining uncertainties and, thus, the key to progress. Assessing the state of the argument from a probabilistic perspective is long overdue. In Uncertain Beliefs, David J. Bartholomew examines and refutes some of the more extravagant claims, evaluates the weight of some of the quantitative evidence, and provides an answer to the fundamental question: is it rational to be a Christian?

About the Author

David J. Bartholomew is Professor of Statistics at London School of Economics.