Justification of Religious Faith in Soren Kierkegaard, John Henry Newman, and William James

This book examines the religious epistemologies of Soren Kierkegaard, John Henry Newman, and William James in the light of contemporary challenges to religious faith. They defended the right of persons to embrace religious beliefs that are not strictly warranted by empirical evidence and logical argumentation. Faith must not be hampered, they argued, by the demands of reason narrowly conceived. Pa...