Existential Reasons for Belief in God: A Defense of Desires & Emotions for Faith

About the Author
Clifford Williams is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Trinity International University's Trinity College. He is the author of Existential Reasons for Belief in God (2011) and Religion and the Meaning of Life (2020).
Lived faith involves doctrines, evidences and rational coherence—but it includes much more. Philosopher Clifford Williams puts forth an argument as to why certain needs, desires and emotions have a legitimate place in drawing people into faith in God. Addressing the strongest objections to these types of grounds for faith, he shows how the personal and experiential aspects of belief play an important part in coming to faith and in remaining a believing person.