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... faith in a specific proposition I will be open - minded about it . But there is another kind of faith , faith of a different order which belongs not so much to the mind as to the total man . This faith does not reside in the cerebral ...
... faith in a specific proposition I will be open - minded about it . But there is another kind of faith , faith of a different order which belongs not so much to the mind as to the total man . This faith does not reside in the cerebral ...
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... faith and it will have more " give , " more " play , " with regard to any specific proposition , but this very fact relieves it of its brittleness and in- creases its tensile strength and total resiliency . How this basic faith comes is ...
... faith and it will have more " give , " more " play , " with regard to any specific proposition , but this very fact relieves it of its brittleness and in- creases its tensile strength and total resiliency . How this basic faith comes is ...
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... faith ? " and through Paul's accent on faith as trust . If life is to go on there must be something to keep it going . The negative spring is fear ; the posi- tive spring beyond appetite is faith , first in the significance of life ...
... faith ? " and through Paul's accent on faith as trust . If life is to go on there must be something to keep it going . The negative spring is fear ; the posi- tive spring beyond appetite is faith , first in the significance of life ...
Contents
PART | 5 |
OBJECTIVITY VERSUS COMMITMENT | 30 |
FREEDOM VERSUS AUTHORITY | 59 |
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