ABSTRACT
If one were to decide for belief or for unbelief merely on the question of cultural context, one would have to choose unbelief; the man in tune with our culture does not believe in God. The problem facing us is that of philosophic belief. If by intelligence we cannot know whether there is a God; if, that is, a man has no way of defending himself with critical intelligence against illusory beliefs, then the edifice of revealed religion is—for us, at least—on shaky ground. Our insistent question is whether there is a way to the living God through the use of human intelligence, through reflection upon one's own experience and identity. To make this distinction clear we have chosen to use the word "belief" for our concern, and have regularly reserved the word "faith" for that religious faith which comes by grace, is salvific, and beyond man's resources.
