The Wisdom of Religious Commitment Kathryn Angus In the last half of

In the last half of the nineteenth century more than one hundred women worked as primary keepers of American lighthouses

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The Wisdom of Religious Commitment Kathryn Angus In the last half ofBy exploring a practical, rather than propositional, understanding of religious belief, this book provides a new construct through which to view philosophy of religion. Terrence W. Tilley shifts the focus of debate from the justification of rational belief to the exercise of wisdom in making or maintaining a commitment to religious practices. It is through practices, Tilley concludes, that religious belief is formed. After analyzing the strengths and