Uncertain Belief : Is It Rational to Be a Christian?

Bartholomew, David J.

ISBN 10: 0198263783 / ISBN 13: 9780198263784

Published by Claredon Press, Oxford, 1996

About this Item

1996. vii, 289pp including index. "The certainties which underpinned Christian belief have crumbled in a world where science sets the standard of what is true. A rational case for belief must therefore be constructed out of uncertainties. Probability theory provides the tools for measuring and combining uncertainties and is thus the key to progress. This book examines four much debated topics where the logic of uncertain reference can be brought to bear." Unclipped dust jacket. As new.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Uncertain Belief : Is It Rational to Be a Christian?
• Publisher: Claredon Press, Oxford
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198263783
• ISBN 13: 9780198263784
• Binding: Black Hardback
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Philosophy & Related
  • Religion/Theology

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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.