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Dynamics of faith (1957)
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Man is able to decide for or against reason, he is able to create beyond reason or to destroy below reason
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Faith is an act of a finite being who is grasped by, and turned to, the infinite.
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History has shown that the most terrible crimes against love have been committed in the name of fanatically defended doctrines.
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Man's ultimate concern must be expressed symbolically, because symbolic language alone is able to express the ultimate.
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Faith as the state of being ultimately concerned implies love, namely, the desire and urge toward the reunion of the seperated.
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In the courageous standing of uncertainty, faith shows most visibly its dynamic character.
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Faith as ultimate concern is an act of the total personality. It happens in the center of the personal life and includes all its elements. Faith is the most centered act of the human mind. It is not a movement of a special section or a special function of man's total being. They all are united in the act of faith. But faith is not the sum total of their impacts. It transcends every special impact as well as the totality of them and it has itself a decisive impact on each of them.
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Faith is the state of being ultimately concerned. The content matters infinitely for the life of the believer, but it does not matter for the formal definition of faith. And this is the first step we have to make in order to understand the dynamics of faith.
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Out of the element of participation follows the certainty of faith; out of the element of separation follows the doubt in faith. And each is essential for the nature of faith. Sometimes certainty conquers doubt, but it cannot eliminate doubt. The conquered of today may become the conqueror of tomorrow. Sometimes doubt conquers faith, but it still contains faith. Otherwise it would be indifference.
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Only the philosophical question is perennial, not the answers.
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Why does philosophy use concepts and why does faith use symbols if both try to express the same ultimate? The answer, of course, is that the relation to the ultimate is not the same in each case. The philosophical relation is in principle a detached description of the basic structure in which the ultimate manifests itself. The relation of faith is in principle an involved expression of concern about the meaning of the ultimate for the faithful.
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We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words.
Anna Sewell
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Born:
August 20, 1886
Died:
October 22, 1965
(aged 79)
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