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Uncertain Belief: Is It Rational to Be a Christian?

Uncertain Belief: Is It Rational to Be a Christian? Hard cover - 1996

by David J. Bartholomew

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Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Do miracles happen? Is the Bible true? What about the paranormal? Does God exist? People ask these questions but there are no agreed answers. At the rational level, uncertainty is inevitable. But is there enough evidence for rational pe
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  • Title Uncertain Belief: Is It Rational to Be a Christian?
  • Author David J. Bartholomew
  • Binding Hard Cover
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 300
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Clarendon Press
  • Date 1996-07-11
  • Features Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ria9780198263784_pod
  • ISBN 9780198263784 / 0198263783
  • Weight 1.23 lbs (0.56 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.72 x 5.82 x 0.98 in (22.15 x 14.78 x 2.49 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
    • Theometrics: Academic
  • Library of Congress subjects Uncertainty, Apologetics
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 95024826
  • Dewey Decimal Code 239

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From the rear cover

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. These are: miracles, the paranormal, God's existence, and the Bible. Given the great diversity of evidence, it is not surprising that opposite conclusions have been drawn by supposedly rational people. An assessment of the state of the argument from a probabilistic perspective is overdue. In this book Professor 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: can a rational person be a Christian?

About the author

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