Exploring philosophy of religion : an introductory anthology / edited by Steven M. Cahn.

Other author Cahn, Steven M.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Descriptionviii, 375 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Religion--Philosophy.

Contents God and goodness / James Rachels -- God's omnipotence / George Mavrodes -- God's foreknowledge and free will / Augustine -- God's omniscience and contingent events / Levi Gersonides -- Does God know the future? / Steven M. Cahn -- Does God change? / William Hasker -- God and forgiveness / Anne C. Minas -- God and the concept of worship / James Rachels -- The existence of God -- The ontological argument / Anselm and Gaunilo -- The ontological argument : a restatement / René Descartes -- The ontological argument : a critique / Immanuel Kant -- The ontological argument : an assessment / John H. Hick -- The five ways / Thomas Aquinas -- The cosmological argument / Richard Taylor -- The cosmological argument : an assessment / John H. Hick -- The argument to design / William Paley -- The argument to design and the problem of evil / David Hume -- The problem of evil / John H. Hick -- A defense of atheism / Ernest Nagel -- Why God allows evil / Richard Swinburne -- Suffering and evil / George N. Schlesinger.
Contents A reply to Schlesinger / Jeremy Gwiazda -- Theism and modern science / Nicholas Everitt -- Negative attributes / Moses Maimonides -- The use of analogy / Thomas Aquinas -- The inadequacy of analogy / F.C. Copleston -- Positive attributes / Levi Gersonides -- Experience and metaphor / Janet Martin Soskice -- Metaphors without meaning / Paul Edwards -- Of miracles / David Hume -- On miracles / Paul J. Dietl -- Mysticism / William James -- Perceiving God / William Alston -- Perceiving God : a critique / William L. Rowe -- The wager / Blaise Pascal -- Pascal's wager : a critique / Simon Blackburn -- The ethics of belief / W.K. Clifford -- The will to believe / William James -- The will to believe : a critique / Nicholas Everitt -- Belief without argument / Alvin Plantinga -- Belief without argument : a critique / Michael Martin -- Faith / Richard Taylor -- Faith and reason / Michael Scriven -- Theology and falsification / Antony Flew, R.M. Hare, and Basil Mitchell -- The hiddenness of God / Robert McKim -- Resurrection / John H. Hick -- Life after death / Terence Penelhum -- Do we need immortality? / Grace M. Jantzen -- The dimensions of religion / Ninian Smart -- Religious pluralism and salvation / John H. Hick -- A defense of religious exclusivism / Alvin Plantinga -- Religion versus the religious / John Dewey -- Appendix : God, reason, and religion / Steven M. Cahn.
Abstract Featuring 52 classic and contemporary readings, this is a topically-organized anthology that presents broad coverage of seven major areas in the philosophy of religion - the concept of God, the existence of God, religious language, miracles and mysticism, belief in God, resurrection and immortality, and religious pluralism.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Exploring philosophy of religion. New York : Oxford University Press, 2009
LCCN 2007044608
ISBN9780195340853 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
ISBN019534085X (pbk. ; alk. paper)
Standard identifier# 9780195340853

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Joyner General Stacks BL51 .E97 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold