The Integrity of Gareth Moore's Believing in God
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21363599 |
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| Authors | Timothy Hinton (0000-0002-7966-8489, North Carolina State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 102 |
| Issue | 1097 |
| Pages | 6-21 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Blackfriars (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0028-4289 • E-ISSN: 1741-2005 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/nbfr.12582 |
| OpenAlex | W3048635030 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
In this paper, I defend Gareth Moore from the charge that he espoused some kind of crypto-atheism in Believing in God . I do so by examining the case against Gareth outlined in Howard Robinson's New Blackfriars article “Gareth Moore's Radical Wittgensteinianism”. I examine both the directly textual arguments Robinson presents, as well as his claim that Gareth adhered to a kind of “radical Wittgensteinianism” that involves, among other things, a commitment to materialism. More importantly, I emphasize the true integrity of Believing in God . By this I mean two things: like any worthwhile exercise in philosophy, the book has to be read as forming an integral whole. This requires both an appreciation of Gareth's philosophical and religious motives in writing it and a sense of how it hangs together as a “seamless garment”. In addition, I mean the forthrightness of Gareth's efforts to be faithful to Christianity, not a Christianity of mere – or as he puts it “empty” – belief, but a Christianity that is to be lived out truthfully in thought, word, and deed
Atheism · Christianity · Deed · Epistemology · Materialism · Political science · Theology · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Political Theology and Sovereignty · Theology and Philosophy of Evil
| Highly cited | No |
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