faith
Also known as religious faith, religious belief, víra, trust in God
In religion, faith is the "belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of religion". Religious people often think of faith as confidence based on a perceived degree of warrant, or evidence, while others who are more skeptical of religion tend to think of faith as belief without evidence.
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Faith in religion means believing in God or religious teachings, though people disagree about what justifies this belief—some see it as based on evidence or good reasons, while skeptics view it as belief without evidence. It matters to religious people because it forms the foundation of their spiritual life and relationship with God.
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- Etymology
- By religion
- Christianity
- Strength of faith
- Christian apologetic views
- Catholicism
- Lutheranism
- Methodism
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Buddhism
- Hinduism
- Islam
- Judaism
- Sikhism
- Baháʼí Faith
- Secular faith
- Epistemological analysis
- Fideism
- Religious epistemology
- Empirical claims
- Morality and faith
- Criticism
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- Classic reflections on the nature of faith
- The Reformation view of faith
- The Catholic view of faith
- External links
In religion, faith is the "belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of religion". Religious people often think of faith as confidence based on a perceived degree of warrant, or evidence, while others who are more skeptical of religion tend to think of faith as belief without evidence.
According to Thomas Aquinas, faith is "an act of the intellect assenting to the truth at the command of the will". Religion has a long tradition, since the ancient world, of analyzing divine questions using common human experiences such as sensation, reason, science, and history that do not rely on revelation—called natural theology.