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Exploring the Philosophy of Religion
ISBN: 9780130195197 | 0130195197
Edition: 5thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2001
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This introduction to the philosophy of religion helps readers understand the primary sources that are essential for genuine philosophical understanding. Its careful selection of important classical and contemporary readings, along with a clear, understandable analysis and discussion of the topics, helps build a basic vocabulary of philosophical and religious terms-while becoming fluent in the main philosophical issues in religion. Chapter topics include the varieties of religious experience, religion and life, religion and human destiny, argume... MORE
1. The Varieties of Religious Experience.
2. Religion and Life.
3. Religion and Human Destiny.
4. Arguments for God's Existence.
5. The Problem of Evil.
6. Faith and Reason.
7. Religious Language.
Biographical Summaries.
Glossary.
Index.
READINGS: Introduction: Philosophy and Religion.
Mysticism, William James. The Idea of the Holy, Rudolf Otto. I and Thou, Martin Buber. The Pluralistic Hypothesis, John Hick.
Mysticism, William James. The Idea of the Holy, Rudolf Otto. I and Thou, Martin Buber. The Pluralistic Hypothesis, John Hick.
2. Religion and Life.
READINGS: Introduction: Religion and Life.
Moral Obligation, William Paley. The Joyful Wisdom, Friedrich Nietzsche. A Confession, Leo Tolstoy... MORE
Moral Obligation, William Paley. The Joyful Wisdom, Friedrich Nietzsche. A Confession, Leo Tolstoy... MORE
3. Religion and Human Destiny.
READINGS: Introduction: Religion and Death.
Phaedo, Plato. Letter to Menoeceus, Epicurus. 1 Corinthians 15, St. Paul. The Doctrine of No-Soul: Annata, Walpola Rahula.
Phaedo, Plato. Letter to Menoeceus, Epicurus. 1 Corinthians 15, St. Paul. The Doctrine of No-Soul: Annata, Walpola Rahula.
4. Arguments for God's Existence.
READINGS: Introduction: The Existence of God.
The Most Perfect Being, René Descartes. The Argument from Contingency, Richard Taylor. Natural Theology, William Paley. God as a Postulate of Practical Reason, Immanuel Kant.
The Most Perfect Being, René Descartes. The Argument from Contingency, Richard Taylor. Natural Theology, William Paley. God as a Postulate of Practical Reason, Immanuel Kant.
5. The Problem of Evil.
READINGS: Introduction: God and Evil.
Evil and the God of Love, John Hick. God in Process, David Ray Griffin. Karma in Hindu Thought, Wendy Doniger. The Divine Attributes, John Stuart Mill.
Evil and the God of Love, John Hick. God in Process, David Ray Griffin. Karma in Hindu Thought, Wendy Doniger. The Divine Attributes, John Stuart Mill.
6. Faith and Reason.
READINGS: Introduction: Opinion, Belief, and Knowledge.
The Falsification Debate, Antony Flew, R.M. Hare, and Basil Mitchell. The Will to Believe, William James. Objective and Subjective Reflection, Søren Kierkegaard. What Faith Is, Paul Tillich.
The Falsification Debate, Antony Flew, R.M. Hare, and Basil Mitchell. The Will to Believe, William James. Objective and Subjective Reflection, Søren Kierkegaard. What Faith Is, Paul Tillich.
7. Religious Language.
READINGS: Introduction: Religion and Language.
A Discussion on Religious Language, A.J. Ayer and F.C. Copleston. Talking of God: Models, Ancient and Modern, Ian Ramsey. The Metaphorical Process, Paul Ricoeur. The Female Nature of God, Rosemary Ruether.
A Discussion on Religious Language, A.J. Ayer and F.C. Copleston. Talking of God: Models, Ancient and Modern, Ian Ramsey. The Metaphorical Process, Paul Ricoeur. The Female Nature of God, Rosemary Ruether.
Biographical Summaries.
Glossary.
Index.
