The Concept of Conversion in the Light of Some Concepts of Faith

Marek Lechniak

doi:10.18290/rf237102.12

Published : 2023-06-28

Vol. 71 No. 2 (2023)

The Concept of Conversion in the Light of Some Concepts of Faith

Marek Lechniak

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0768-7963

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18290/rf237102.12

Abstract

The paper is devoted to an analysis of the concept of conversion in relation to the various concepts of faith distinguished by Robert Audi. The first part presents William James’ analysis of the concept of conversion, the biblical roots of the concept of conversion as epistrephō and metanoeō and analyses of conversion in the social sciences. The second part of the paper analyses the various notions of faith proposed in the works of Robert Audi. Finally, in the third part, I analyse how conversion can be understood in relation to the main of the concepts of faith identified by Audi; I also relate the concept of faith to the concept of scientific revolution characterised in Thomas Kuhn’s theory of the development of science.

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conversion, epistemology or religion, faith, Robert Audi

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