Fideism

"The term “fideism” appears to have entered the philosophical lexicon by way of theology in the late nineteenth century. It was originally used in reference to a movement within Roman Catholic thought, also known as traditionalism, which emphasized, over against rationalism, the role of tradition as the medium by means of which divine revelation is communicated, and which was sometimes conjoined with a conservative social and political agenda. Although of late modern vintage, the term “fideism” has since been applied retrospectively to thinkers at least as far back as the second century C.E.Tertullian is frequently cited in this connection as a textbook fideist. Developing a theme articulated by Paul in his First Letter to the Corinthians, Tertullian insisted that the truth of Christianity could be disclosed only by revelation, and that it must necessarily remain opaque to unregenerate philosophical reason."Sometimes seen as the other extreme to nihilism. Oxford Languages gives "the doctrine that knowledge depends on faith or revelation."Via Google Dictionary. "Alvin Plantinga has noted that fideism can be defined as an “exclusive or basic reliance upon faith alone, accompanied by a consequent disparagement of reason and utilized especially in the pursuit of philosophical or religious truth” (87). Correspondingly, Plantinga writes, a fideist is someone who “urges reliance on faith rather than reason, in matters philosophical and religious” and who “may go on to disparage and denigrate reason” (87)."Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
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* Faith; The faith; Convertism
* Nihilism; Intellectualism; Vulgarity; Idiocy; Learning; Belief; Theistic statecraft; Theocracy; Theologism; Irrationalism
*Revealed doctrine
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Category:Tradition
Category:Traditionalists