Searching for Faith: A Skeptic's JourneyParlor Press, 2004 - 175 pages Searching for Faith: A Skeptic's Journey is intended for the general reader. It is not a scholarly book; however, it is the result of a decades-long interest in how readers read and how texts convey their meaning, leavened by a very personal commitment to the quest for faith. It explores timely questions that must concern anyone who thinks about faith, particularly insofar as faith is based on the Bible. Readers are invited to join the author in thinking about faith and the individual's own history; the nature of prayer; the problems of reading scripture; the nature of sin and gui |
Contents
Prayer | 21 |
Scripture | 36 |
Saint Augustine Learns to Read Scripture | 59 |
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