This substantial anthology is a comprehensive, authoritative collection of the classical and contemporary readings in the philosophy of religion, providing a survey and analysis of the key issues, figures and concepts.
Comprises the most comprehensive and authoritative collection of the classical and contemporary readings in the philosophy of religion.
Provides a survey and analysis of the key issues, figures and concepts.
Examines religious identity, theism and divine attributes, explanations of religion, and theistic arguments.
Includes readings concerned with nontheistic religions, evils and goods, religious values, personal identity, and death.
Acknowledgments. Part I: Religious Identity:.
Introduction.
1. What Makes Religious Beliefs Religious?: W.D. Hudson.
2. World Religions and World Orders: Stephen R.L. Clark.
3. Religion: Paul J. Griffiths.
Part II: Theism and Divine Attributes:.
Introduction.
4. God: Richard Swinburne.
5. The Power of God and God's Knowledge: Thomas V. Morris.
6. Eternity: Brian Leftow.
7. Divine Freedom and Creation: Laura L. Garcia.
8. The Idea of God in Feminist Philosophy: Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki.
Part III: Explanations of Religion:.
Introduction.
9. Theology and Falsification: A Symposium: Anthony Flew.
10. Psychoanalysis and Theism: Adolf Grünbaum.
11. Psychoanalytic Theory and Theistic Belief: William Alston.
12. The Varieties of Religious Experience: William James.
13. The Numinous: Rudolf Otto.
14. Religious Experience: Caroline Frank Davis.
15. The Groundlessness of Belief: Norman Malcolm.
16. Thought-Project: Johannes Climacus.
17. The Ethics of Belief: W.K. Clifford.
18. Religious belief as properly basic: Alvin Platinga.
Part IV: Theistic Arguments:.
Introduction.
19. The Cosmological Argument: Richard Swinburne.
20. Cosmological Arguments: J.L. Mackie.
21. Teleological Argument: David Hume.
22. The Arguments from Design: Richard Hambourger.
23. Anselm's Ontological Arguments: Norman Malcolm.
24. The Ontological Argument: Michael Martin.
Part V: Nontheistic Religions:.
Introduction.
25. Darsana, Anviksiki, Philosophy: Wilhelm Halbfass.
26. The Preview of the Real Atomic Theory: Georges B.J. Dreyfus.
27. Finding a Self: Buddhist and Feminist Perspectives: Anne Carolyn Klein.
28. How Many Nondualities Are There?: David Low.
Part VI: Evils and Goods:.
Introduction.
29. The Problem of the Natural Evil: Mary Midgley.
30. The Problem of Evil and Some Varieties of Atheism: William L. Rowe.
31. The Problem of Evil: Brian Davies.
32. The Problem of Evil, the Problem of Air, and the Problem of Silence: Peter Van Inwagen.
33. Horrendous Evils and the Goodness of God: Marilyn McCord Adams.
34. Selves and Shadows: Mary Midgley.
35. Buddhism and Evil: Martin Southwold.
36. Evil and Ethical Terror: Nel Noddings.
Part VII: Religious Values:.
Introduction.
37. Pluralism, Tolerance, and Disagreement: Edward Langerak.
38. A Modified Command Theory of Ethical Wrongness: Robert Merrihew Adams.
39. Morality and Religion Reconsidered: Baruch A. Brody.
40. Religion and the Queerness of Morality: George Mavrodes.
41. Pure Love: R. M. Adams.
42. The Possibility of Incarnation: Richard Swinburne.
43. Religious Pluralism: John Hick.
44. The real or the Real? Chardin or Rothko?: Anthony O'Hear.
45. Does Nature Need to be Redeemed?: Holmes Rolston III.
46. Pascal's Wager: Blaise Pascal.
47. Why is Faith a Virtue?: Tim Chappell.
Part VIII: Personal Identity and Death:.
Introduction.
48. The Metaphysical Self: Roger Trigg.
49. Of Miracles: David Hume.
50. Do We Need Immortality?: Grace M. Jantzen.
51. Why We Need Immortality: Charles Taliaferro.
52. Is Liberation (moksa) Pleasant?: A. Chakrabarti.
Index.
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