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By Alan Donagan

This e-book includes the accrued papers of Alan Donagan on issues within the philosophy of faith. Donagan used to be revered as a number one determine in American ethical philosophy. His premature dying in 1991 avoided him from gathering his philosophical reflections on faith, relatively Christianity, and its relation to ethics and different matters. This assortment, for this reason, constitutes the fullest expression of Donagan's proposal on Christianity and ethics, during which it really is attainable to figure the outlines of a coherent, overarching idea. Editor Anthony Perovich has provided an invaluable creation, which brings Donagan's paintings into concentration and brings out the unifying issues within the essays.

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