{"product_id":"the-wisdom-of-religious-commitment-terrence-w-tilley-9780878403677","title":"The Wisdom of Religious Commitment","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy exploring a practical, rather than propositional, understanding of religious belief, this book provides a new construct through which to view philosophy of religion. Terrence W. Tilley shifts the focus of debate from the justification of rational belief to the exercise of wisdom in making or maintaining a commitment to religious practices. It is through practices, Tilley concludes, that religious belief is formed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter analyzing the strengths and limitations of the modern approaches, Tilley applies the concept of wisdom to the process of making a religious commitment. Wisdom, as explored by Aristotle, St. Thomas Aquinas, and John Henry Newman, may be thought of as the bridge between intellectual and moral virtues. Roughly, it can be described as the ability to put intellect into action in a context. Because wisdom is a virtue requiring concrete display, the book discusses the wisdom of commitment to specific religious practices of a range of traditions. These examples demonstrate the issues and complexities involved in the wisdom of making a religious commitment. This important challenge to contemporary philosophy of religion will be of special interest to students and teachers of theology and philosophy of religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Terrence W. Tilley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0878403671\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780878403677\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Georgetown University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.36h x 5.86w x 0.49d","brand":"Terrence W. Tilley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44159226708223,"sku":"9780878403677","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dbe215aa-7c6e-41de-8e0e-ac10c3cfe263.jpg?v=1689081349","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-wisdom-of-religious-commitment-terrence-w-tilley-9780878403677","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}