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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Rota, Michael, 1975- Taking Pascal's wager. Downers Grove : InterVarsity Press, 2016 (DLC) 2016010662 |
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Named Person: | Blaise Pascal |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Michael Rota |
ISBN: | 9780830851362 0830851364 |
OCLC Number: | 921867642 |
Notes: | Includes indexes. |
Description: | 248 pages ; 23 cm |
Contents: | Part 1. Uncertainity and commitment. A curious offer -- Pascal's wager: the basic argument -- Objections to the wager: moral reservations and the cost of commitment -- More objections to the wager: other religions and Christianity -- Part 2. Evidence. Where did physical things come from? -- Why is the universe just right for life? -- A primer on probability -- God and the multiverse -- The beauty and existential resonance of Christianity -- Counterevidence: divine hiddenness and evil -- Historical evidence for Christianity: the resurrection -- Miracle or myth? -- Part 3. Saying yes to God. Dietrich Bonhoeffer -- Jean Vanier -- Immaculée Ilibagiza -- Conclusion: Taking the wager. |
Responsibility: | Michael Rota. |
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Abstract:
Blaise Pascal's wager argues that since there is much to gain and relatively little to lose, the wise decision is to seek a relationship with God and live a Christian life. Michael Rota explores the dynamics of doubt, evidence, and decision-making in order to consider what is necessary for people to embrace the Christian faith-and the difference it makes in people's lives.
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- Pascal, Blaise, -- 1623-1662. -- Pensées.
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