Transcendence

Taylor & Francis

TranscendenceCritical Realism and God\nAuthor(s): Margaret S. Archer, Andrew Collier, Douglas V. Porpora\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415336161, 978-0415336161\nSynopsis\nAtheism as a belief does not have to present intellectual credentials within academia. Yet to hold beliefs means giving reasons for doing so, ones which may be found wanting. Instead, atheism is the automatic default setting within the academic world.\n\nConversely, religious belief confronts a double standard. Religious believers are not permitted to make truth claims but are instead forced to present their beliefs as part of one language game amongst many. Religious truth claims are expected to satisfy empiricist criteria of evidence but when they fail, as they must, religious belief becomes subject to the hermeneutics of suspicion.\n\nThis book explores religious experience as a justifiable reason for religious belief. It uniquely demonst.