Volume 33, Issue 2, April 2016
Daniel Howard-Snyder
Pages 142-162
https://doi.org/10.5840/faithphil201633059
Does Faith Entail Belief?
Does faith that p entail belief that p? If faith that p is identical with belief that p, it does. But it isn¡¯t. Even so, faith that p might be necessarily partly constituted by belief that p, or at least entail it. Of course, even if faith that p entails belief that p, it does not follow that faith that p is necessarily partly constituted by belief that p. Still, showing that faith that p entails belief that p would be a significant step in that direction. Can we take that step? In this essay, I assess, and reject, seven reasons to think we can. Along the way, I discuss having faith in a person, being a person of faith, believing something by faith, and believing a person.