{"product_id":"why-your-grandmas-belief-in-god-is-justified-uncovering-the-pragmatic-root-of-rationality-9798991539708","title":"Why Your Grandma's Belief in God is Justified: Uncovering the Pragmatic Root of Rationality","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): John D. Bessis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Ivory Tower Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Ivory Tower Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Movements - Analytic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eModern critics often dismiss belief in God as irrational-a comforting illusion lacking hard evidence. But what if the standard for \"rational belief\" is itself flawed? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChallenged by figures like Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins, John Bessis set out to scrutinize the foundations of his faith. His journey led to a striking conclusion: belief in God is rational-it \u003ci\u003eworks\u003c\/i\u003e, even for everyday believers like his grandmother. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book pursues that claim through three questions: What is rationality? What is truth? And how do these bear on belief in God? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on William James' pragmatism, Bessis argues that rationality is not a static standard but a \u003ci\u003esatisfying\u003c\/i\u003e fit between concept and context. By linking satisfaction to adaptation, pragmatism shifts the center of truth from its representational form to its mediating \u003ci\u003efunction\u003c\/i\u003e-its power to marry inner life and outer reality. Truth \u003ci\u003ehappens\u003c\/i\u003e to an idea when it gathers our scattered thoughts, feelings, and actions into a livable harmony with the surrounding world. Using this functionalist framework, Bessis shows how faith is justified by its pragmatic fruits. Your grandma's belief in God is \u003ci\u003etrue\u003c\/i\u003e not only because it holds together in her experience, but because it helps hold her experiences together. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book seeks to reconcile what modern thought has too often divided-the mystical and the scientific, the practical and the philosophical, mind and spirit-by uncovering their deeper unity within our passional nature. It is written for those who sense that they should not have to choose between their head and their heart: for disciplined thinkers who feel deeply, and for imaginative spirits who reason carefully. It is for seekers who desire faith without surrendering intellectual integrity, and for believers who wish to give a clearer account of the hope that animates them.","brand":"Ivory Tower Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47576699764887,"sku":"9798991539708","price":654.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798991539708.webp?v=1774901481","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/why-your-grandmas-belief-in-god-is-justified-uncovering-the-pragmatic-root-of-rationality-9798991539708","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}