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Experience, Explanation and Faith: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion


Experience, Explanation and Faith: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion

Hardback by O'Hear, Anthony

Experience, Explanation and Faith: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion

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ISBN:
9780415822190
Publication Date:
11 Apr 2013
Language:
English
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:
Routledge
Pages:
284 pages
Format:
Hardback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 27 May - 1 Jun 2024
Experience, Explanation and Faith: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion

Description

In this book Anthony O'Hear examines the reasons that are given for religious faith. His approach is firmly within the classical tradition of natural theology, but an underlying theme is the differences between the personal Creator of the Bible or the Koran and a God conceived of as the indeterminate ground of everything determinate. Drawing on several religious traditions and on the resources of contemporary philosophy, specific chapters analyse the nature of religious faith and of religious experience. They examine connections between religion and morality, and religion and human knowledge - the cosmological, teleological and ontological arguments, process thought, and the problem that evil presents for religion. The final chapter returns to the inherently dogmatic nature of religious faith and concludes that rational people should look beyond religion for the fulfilment of their spiritual needs.

Contents

Preface Introduction 1. Faith and Religious Experience 2. Religious Experience and Religious Knowledge 3. Religion, Truth and Morality 4. Religious Explanations 5. Suffering and Evil 6. Religion and the Rational Man Suggestions for Further Reading.

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