ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the idea of faith or belief in relation to Charles Taylor's three dimensions of transcendence: belief in the God of faith; belief in a good beyond human flourishing such as through the notion of agape; and belief in a life beyond the life of the immanent frame. It shows why faith is a necessary condition in cultivating transcendental deliberative encounters. When an individual enters into a deliberative encounter with others, such an individual for once shows gratitude towards other participants on account of his or her belief that the success of the encounter depends on the willingness of all participants to engage. Quite significantly, faithful deliberative encounters, on the one hand, involve individuals enacting their humanity as advocated by both Aristotle and Plato. On the other hand, when engaging in faithful deliberative encounters, individuals also find a way of transcending their humanity.
