Is faith inherently irrational or a different kind of logic?
In short: This lecture examines the tension between scientific evidence and religious belief. It moves beyond the
The presentation explores the rationality of faith by contrasting modern 'New Atheist' critiques, such as Richard Dawkins' 2006 work The God Delusion, with classical theological arguments. It specifically analyzes the cosmological argument proposed by Thomas Aquinas and C.S. Lewis’s argument from desire to determine how these frameworks interact with our understanding of evidence.
By contextualizing these debates within the history of Gresham College—which has provided free public lectures since 1597—the session invites a sophisticated look at whether faith and reason are mutually exclusive or if faith possesses its own internal logic.
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