Skepticism & religious relativism

Capaldi, Nicholas. (Author). Kingsley, Ben, 1943- (Added Author).

Summary: In philosophical terms, religions can be understood as the search for purpose, goals, meaning, and order. It is a search for what we might call the cosmic order -- some greater structure within which human lives and societies exist. In this context, religions are systems of belief and commitment around which the faithful order their lives. The twin pillars of Western civilization are Greek philosophy and the Judeo- Christian- Islamic religious tradition. Philosophy affirms that, in principle, all things ultimately can be explained by reason; religion, however, see the cosmic order as mysterious and beyond human comprehension. Although skepticism is an ancient part of the Western intellectual tradition, the conflic between reason and faith may be said to have become a "crisis" only in the modern age.

Record details

ISBN: 0786164921 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
ISBN: 9780786164929 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
ISBN: 0786164859
ISBN: 9780786164851
Physical Description: electronic resource
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Publisher: [Nashville, Tenn.] : Knowledge Products, Inc., [2006]

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General Note:	Downloadable audio file. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Duration: 2:57:53.
Participant or Performer Note:	Read by Ben Kingsley.
System Details Note:	Requires OverDrive Media Console Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 42617 KB; MP3 file size: 83515 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web.