Faith and freedom : contexts, choices, and crises in religious commitments

1. Contextual freedom, religious beliefs, and stances of faith. Contextual freedom and religious beliefs
 Contextual freedom and stances of faith
 Two kinds of truth and two ways of expressing truth
 Responsible freedom and the life of faith
 Faith, freedom, and weakness of will
 Conclusion --
2. Functions of religious ultimates. Role-functional analysis
 Uniqueness
 Primacy
 Pervasiveness
 Rightness
 Permanence
 Hiddenness
 Secular faith
 Conclusion --
3. A range of choices. Monotheism
 Polytheism
 Contemplative monism
 Religious naturalism
 Approaches to religious diversity
 Conclusion --
4. Ways of being religious. Way of knowledge
 Way of devotion
 Way of works
 Way of mystical experience
 Pluralism and the four ways of being religious
 Conclusion --
5. Why religious faith is important. Positive side of personal religious faith
 Positive side of communal religious faith
 Negative side of personal religious faith
 Negative side of communal religious faith
 Positive side of religion for the earth and its nonhuman creatures
 Negative side of religion for the earth and its nonhuman creatures
 Conclusion --
6. Points of departure. God
 Atonement and apotheosis
 Nature-human dualism
 Belief in an afterlife
 Scriptural authority
 Conclusion --
7. Points of arrival. Importance of religion
 Wisdom of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian New Testament
 Seriousness of moral evil
 Goodness of nature
 Pivotal role of mystery
 Religion's intimate relation with the natural sciences
 A vast and ever-changing universe
 Evolutionary and ecological interdependencies on earth
 Radical incarnation
 Conclusion.