Part 1  The Theory of Faith

Hirohumi Hoshika

Chapter 1 Moral Consciousness vs. Christianity

Contents

Episode 1	"What does it matter if God exists?"
Episode 2	Shock of the Apostles' Creed
Essay 1	A strange Apostles' Creed
Essay 2	Utilitarianism in the Christian Faith
Easy study	Kant's Ethical Philosophy
Testimony	"The Samaritan Woman"
Essay 3	Christianity vs. Kant's Ethics
Essay 4	Is the Bible’s Reliability an Important Issue?
Episode 3	"Conversion of Night Era to Day Era" and the Universe
Reflection	What is being Questioned as a Christian by Believing in Christianity which is Based on Fact?
Gigue	"Hyaku oku no Hiru to Sen oku no Yoru [ Ten Billion Days and One Hundred Billion Nights]"
Notes
	Paralipomena　The Fact-Dependent Christian Faith-T/R

Summary

Christian ethics are examined through the author's own experience with Christianity.

There is an aspect of Christian morality that seeks to bring benefits based on the way the world works, and the author questions this and tries to compare it with Kantian ethics. There are many beneficial religions in Japan; is Christianity the same thing?

 

The theme of this chapter is "Ethics and Faith," but its role within "Part 1: The Theory of Faith" is to refute the Enlightenment view (Essay 4) which claims that "it does not matter whether we can know the historical Jesus or not" by confirming that Christian faith is a "fact-based faith" that does not exist independently of historical facts.

 

Maintaining the understanding that it is necessary to know the historical Jesus in order to establish the Christian faith is the first step in addressing the "historical facts and faith" issue.

Of the eight essays, this one has the fewest number of words, but is somewhat more difficult.

Reading Difficulty Level ★★★☆☆ Word count 21,000 words