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fideism

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fi·de·ism  (fd-z-m, fd-)
n.
Reliance on faith alone rather than scientific reasoning or philosophy in questions of religion.
[Probably from French fidéïsme, from Latin fids, faith; see bheidh- in Indo-European roots.]
fide·ist n.
fide·istic adj.
fideism [ˈfiːdeɪˌɪzəm]
n
(Christian Religious Writings / Theology) the theological doctrine that religious truth is a matter of faith and cannot be established by reason Compare natural theology
[from Latin fidēs faith]
fideist  n
fideistic  adj
fideism
a reliance, in a search for religious truth, on faith alone. — fideist, n. — fideistic. adj.
See also: Faith


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Fair or not, Hauerwas is perpetually shadowed by ubiquitous charges of "sectarianism," fideism, idolizing a form of "churchianity," limiting the power of God's grace-for-the-world almost exclusively to the church, and being a "filthy-mouth theologian.
Liberalism, race, and Stanley Hauerwas by Logan, James / Cross Currents
is not to start from the 'problem of the delay of the parousia,' but rather from this all-embracing motif of fulfillment" (496) evinces a petitio principii and fideism that is not allowed in any other science.
Dealing with delay: a critique of Christian coping by Otto, Randall / Biblical Theology Bulletin
In fact, the church's public argument is based on reason and science, not fideism.
A Catholic president? by Commonweal
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