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What (who) is leap of faith - definition

IN RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY, THE ACT OF BELIEVING IN OR ACCEPTING SOMETHING OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARIES OF REASON
Leap Of Faith; Leap to faith
  • Kierkegaard in a coffee house
  • Kierkegaard at his desk
  • [[Johann Kaspar Lavater]] (right) trying to convert [[Moses Mendelssohn]] to Christianity as [[Gotthold Ephraim Lessing]] looks on.
  • David and Nathan
  • Kierkegaard in 1838 or 1840

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Leap of Faith; Leap of Faith (album); Leap of Faith (song)
(leaps of faith)
If you take a leap of faith, you do something even though you are not sure it is right or will succeed.
Take a leap of faith and trust them.
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WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Leap of Faith; Leap of Faith (album); Leap of Faith (song)
A leap of faith, in its most commonly used meaning, is the act of believing in or accepting something outside the boundaries of reason.
Leap of Faith (musical)         
MUSICAL
Leap of Faith is a stage musical based on the 1992 American movie of the same name, which starred Steve Martin. The music is by Alan Menken, with lyrics by Glenn Slater and a book by Janus Cercone and Slater about a con man posing as a man of faith, who is redeemed by the love of a good woman.

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Leap of faith

A leap of faith, in its most commonly used meaning, is the act of believing in or accepting something not on the basis of reason. The lack of applying reason might be because the thing being believed or accepted lies outside the boundaries of reason.

Examples of use of leap of faith
1. For them the consultation represents a huge leap of faith.
2. Moving into this building required a leap of faith.
3. Obama‘s rivals, especially Clinton, don‘t want voters making that leap of faith.
4. It was a true leap of faith, because neither had skydived before, it said.
5. The technology‘s detractors forget the huge leap of faith that preceded the adoption of the telephone.