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Insofar as they seek to bring about the aims of religion, religious teachings represent a form of knowing-how. They seek to inculcate a particular skill – that of living well – rather than merely stating what is the case. Theological non-realists embrace the practical knowledge religions provide while rejecting their factual claims, at least when these have to do with supernatural beings
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Dawes, G.W. (2016). Knowledge and Skill. In: Religion, Philosophy and Knowledge . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43500-8_7
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