TY - BOOK AU - Nichols, Aidan TI - A Grammar of consent: the existence of God in Christian tradition AV - BT 102 .N53 PY - 1991/// CY - Edinburgh PB - Clark KW - God KW - Proof KW - History of doctrines KW - Natural theology N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents; Introduction; John Henry Newman and the illative sense; Gregory of Nyssa and the movement of eros; Augustine of Hippo and the life of Spirit; Anselm of Canterbury and the language of perfection; Thomas Aquinas and the fragility of beings; John of the cross and mystical experience; Blaise Pascal and the method of immanence; Immanuel Kant and the postulates of practical reason; Soren Kierkegaard and the struggle with self-estrangement; Gabriel Marcel and the dimension of hope; G.K. Chesterton and the fact of joy ER -