Mormons and Evangelicals : : Reasons for Faith / / David E. Smith.

Why do religious people believe? In this work, Smith describes and interprets the results of interviews conducted with Mormons and Evangelicals about their reasons for faith. In the end, he recommends a particular approach to faith that integrates the sociological, spiritual, and rational elements o...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2009]
©2009
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (149 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION. FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH DESCRIBED
  • CHAPTER 1. CHRISTIAN HISTORY: A BRIEF OVERVIEW
  • CHAPTER 2. MORMON AND EVANGELICAL THEOLOGY: A COMPARISON
  • CHAPTER 3. SOCIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH
  • CHAPTER 4. SPIRITUAL FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH
  • CHAPTER 5. RATIONAL FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH
  • CHAPTER 6. CONVERSION STORIES
  • CONCLUSION FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH PRESCRIBED
  • APPENDIX 1. BELIEFS AND VOLITION
  • APPENDIX 2. THE CREEDS
  • APPENDIX 3. THE QUESTIONNAIRE