Subjectivity and Religious Belief: An Historical, Critical Study

by C. Stephen Evans

Uncovers and examines a common structure to the arguments of Immanuel Kant, Soren Kierkegaard, and William James in regard to the issue of knowledge and belief. These three diverse philosophers from three eras have followed a similar route of non-theoretical justification of belief, stating that there is no theoretical knowledge of divine existence. The defense of religious belief, therefore, must be subjective.

Genres: Theology, Christianity

225 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1978

About the author

C. Stephen Evans (b. Atlanta , Georgia) is an American historian and philosopher, he is one of the United States' leading experts on Søren Kierkegaard having published six books on Kierkegaard over 25 years. He is currently Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Baylor University. He holds a B.A. with High Honors (philosophy), from Wheaton College, an M.Phil. (philosophy) from Yale University, and a Ph.D. (philosophy) from Yale University.

He has won numerous awards, and reviews manuscripts for several university presses, including Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Princeton University Press, as well as Harper and Rowe. He does the same for several academic journals. He was curator of the Howard V. and Edna H. Hong Kierkegaard Library. He has organized several major conferences. He served five years on the the editorial board for Kierkegaard Monographs and for the International Kierkegaard Commentary Series. He is a past president of the Society of Christian Philosophers and the Søren Kierkegaard Society.