Faith and reason - Swinburne, Richard (Clarendon Press, 2005)
Includes bibliographical references and index
The nature of belief -- Rational belief -- The value of rational religious belief -- The nature of faith -- The purpose of religion -- The role of creeds -- The comparison of creeds -- Epilogue : faith is voluntary
Richard Swinburne analyses the purposes of practising a religion, and argues that religious faith requires belief that a particular creed provides the rationale for supposing that these purposes will be achieved