faith
Let an agent handle faith as belief by tradition and context, attributing beliefs to adherents, respecting non-belief and staying neutral.
Research draft, second pass
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Researched by: Claude
Purpose and description
Let an agent handle faith as belief by tradition and context, attributing beliefs to adherents, respecting non-belief and staying neutral.
Confidence, trust or belief in something or someone, especially religious belief in God or gods or in a tradition teachings, as well as mystical and folk beliefs; meanings differ across traditions.
What it is for: Understanding religious and personal belief.
It can be explain how traditions understand faith; distinguish faith, belief and trust; find faith communities and chaplaincy; discuss faith and reason debates neutrally.
Distinguishing features
Belief or trust
Understood differently across traditions
Personal and communal
Debated in philosophy
What it looks like
Not physical; expressed in practice, worship, texts and life choices.
How it is recognised
Religious faith and everyday trust
Tradition-specific terms
Faith as a religion (a faith) is a related sense
Related models
is a kind of - category
is studied in - fields
is related to - context
is contrasted with - related
In practice
Families and kinds
religious faith
mystical traditions
folk belief
secular trust and confidence
faiths as religions
Standards and regulation
Freedom of thought, conscience and religion (ECHR Article 9)
Failure modes and hazards
Presenting one tradition as true for all
Disrespecting non-belief
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.faith-act
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Meaning Which sense.
Senses differ.
Sense
Religious or everyday.
Sense
Sense.
- Is religious faith or everyday trust meant? boundary
- Is a particular religion meant? boundary
Tradition
Understanding.
Tradition
Tradition.
- How does this tradition understand faith, according to its sources? provenance
- Is it attributed rather than asserted? boundary
Philosophy Debates.
Debates are old.
Reason
Faith and reason.
Reason
Faith and reason.
- What positions exist on faith and reason? provenance
- Who holds them? provenance
Non-belief
Respect.
Non-belief
Non-belief.
- Are atheist and agnostic perspectives represented fairly? boundary
- Which sources present them? provenance
Community Practice.
Faith is lived in communities.
Find
Communities.
Find
Finding communities.
- Which faith communities are nearby? provenance
- How can they be contacted? action
Chaplaincy
Pastoral care.
Chaplaincy
Chaplaincy.
- Is chaplaincy or pastoral support available in this hospital, school or workplace? provenance
- Is it multi-faith? provenance
Handling Neutrality.
Neutrality is required.
Tone
Neutral.
Tone
Neutral tone.
- Is the answer neutral between faiths and non-belief? boundary
- Are beliefs attributed? boundary
Harm
Coercion.
Harm
Coercion.
- Is someone describing coercion or abuse in a religious setting? boundary
- Which support services can help? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should faith in each tradition be a separate entry?
- How should mystical traditions be linked?
- How should the religion sense be split off?