Experience, Reason and Faith

By Eugene Garrett Bewkes

This volume is not presented as either a condensed introduction to history of philosophy or philosophy problems, or as a short course in Biblical or Christian history. It is rather a very general introduction or survey of the part which philosophy and religion have played in western civilization. The book might well have been described as the adventure of philosophic and religious ideas in western culture. We have tried to give the college student, who has no particular preparation in either philosophy or religion, an extensive course which will give him some idea of the way in which the religious and philosophic roots of our cultural heritage took hold and developed in the course of a long history. The volume should certainly do this for the college student; but even so, contact with this survey for the first time is not likely to exhaust its content. We venture to say that more mature students will find here a perspective and a content that will satisfy a long-felt need in this field. Certain historical periods are especially illuminating in showing the interconnection between philosophy and religion, and also in revealing their total effect upon the life of an era. We have endeavored to give to the student such ample illustration of this interplay of ideas that he will be in a position to gain genuine insights into the dynamic character of philosophy and religion as cultural forces.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1406704423
• ISBN13: 9781406704426
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: McIntosh Press
• Length: 700 Pages
• Weight: 1.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"