An Essay on the Nature of Christian Philosophy By Paul Herrick, Ph. There are two extreme positions on this issue. Thus, each individual tenet of the faith should be subjected to the test of reason and must be rejected if found wanting. On the other hand, the fideist says that faith and reason are completely independent.
Faith has nothing whatsoever to do with reason.
Of course, this implies that Christian beliefs are not reasonable in the slightest. There is a third position. A middle way. After I explain this middle way, I shall argue that we need the rich resources that this ancient and venerable program has to offer. These three saintly thinkers taught that although our faith is not based on reason, our faith is reasonable.