Title

Justification by faith

School/Department

School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Publication Date

12-2018

Abstract

This article advances a non-doxastic account of saving faith that nevertheless emphasizes the connection between faith and belief. I argue that saving faith epistemically justifies some religious beliefs. I offer an account that is meant to show how faith can play a variety of significant roles it is often purported to play, that is, how a specific virtue of faith can secure salvation, epistemically justify theistic belief, practically justify religious ways of life, and belong to practitioners of different religions. The account also provides an alternative to evidentialist, fideist, and Reformed Epistemology approaches to faith and reason.

Keywords

Faith; Belief; Reformed Epistemology

Publication Title

Religious Studies

Volume

54

Issue

4

First Page

527

Last Page

547

DOI of Published Version

10.1017/S0034412517000348

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