fideism

fideism
   From the Latin fides, fideism is the position that religious belief is grounded in faith rather than reason or evidence. Fideists disavow any attempt to provide rational grounds for religious belief and may even heighten paradox to attack reason. Identifying fideists is difficult, particularly since it is doubtful that many of the theologians often associated with the position in fact held it. For instance, while Kierkegaard and Tertullian are often cited as fideists, it is more likely that each was rejecting a particular construal of reason rather than reason per se. A clearer example would be Pierre Bayle, who claimed that the more irrational one's faith was, the better.
   Further reading: Adams, Robert Merrihew 1987; Evans 1998; Hester 1992; Penelhum 1983; Plantinga and Wolterstorff 1983

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