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Exploring the Philosophy of Religion

ISBN: 9780137578320 | 0137578326
Edition: 4th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 10/1/1997

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SummaryTable of Contents
Combining the best features of a book and reader, this introduction to the philosophy of religion helps readers understand the primary sources that are essential for genuine philosophical understanding.The book offers a careful selection of important classic and contemporary readings along with a clear, understandable analysis and discussion of the issues. It helps build a basic vocabulary of philosophical and religious terms while becoming fluent in the main philosophical issues in religion.
PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITIONxi
Chapter One RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE
1(44)
Introduction: Philosophy and Religion
1(5)
... MORE6(11)
Mysticism
10(7)
William James
The Experience of the Holy
17(13)
The Idea of the Holy
21(9)
Rudolf Otto
The Experience of the Eternal Thou
30(8)
I and Thou
34(4)
Martin Buber
Intuitive Ways of Knowing
38(5)
Intuition and Intellect
39(4)
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Retrospective
43(1)
Additional Readings
43(2)
Chapter Two ARGUMENTS FOR GOD'S EXISTENCE
45(48)
Introduction: The Existence of God
45(5)
The Ontological Argument
50(9)
The Most Preface Being
55(4)
Rene Descartes
The Cosmological Arguments
59(15)
The Argument from Contingency
64(10)
Richard Taylor
The Design Argument
74(8)
The Argument from Design
77(5)
A. C. Ewing
The Moral Argument
82(9)
The Argument from Morality
85(6)
C. S. Lewis
Retrospective
91(1)
Additional Readings
92(1)
Chapter Three FAITH AND REASON
93(63)
Introduction: Opinion, Belief, and Knowledge
93(6)
Belief and Falsification
99(14)
The Falsification Debate, Antony Flew
103(10)
R. M. Hare
Basil Mitchell
The Logic of Belief
113(13)
On Obstinancy in Belief
117(9)
C. S. Lewis
Truth Is Subjectivity
126(9)
Objective and Subjective Reflection
130(5)
Soren Kierkegaard
Will and Belief
135(19)
The Will to Believe
142(12)
William James
Retrospective
154(1)
Additional Readings
155(1)
Chapter Four RELIGIOUS LANGUAGE
156(55)
Introduction: Religion and Language
156(3)
The Verification of Religious Language
159(15)
A Discussion on Religious Language
163(11)
A. J. Ayer
F. C. Copleston
Models for Theological Discourse
174(15)
Talking of God: Models, Ancient and Modern
178(11)
Ian Ramsey
The Metaphorical Use of Language
189(12)
The Metaphorical Process
192(9)
Paul Ricoeur
Religious Language and Gender
201(7)
Beyond God the Father
203(5)
Mary Daly
Retrospective
208(2)
Additional Readings
210(1)
Chapter Five THE PROBLEM OF EVIL
211(48)
Introduction: God and Evil
211(7)
The "Vale of Soul-Making" Theodicy
218(10)
Evil and the God of Love
221(7)
John Hick
Evil and the Power of God
228(10)
Divine Omnipotence
231(7)
C. S. Lewis
Theodicy in Process Thought
238(11)
God in Process
241(8)
David Ray Griffin
Karma and Evil
249(7)
Karma in Hindu Thought
251(5)
Wendy Doniger
Retrospective
256(1)
Additional Readings
257(2)
Chapter Six RELIGION AND HUMAN DESTINY
259(42)
Introduction: Religion and Death
259(4)
The Finality of Death
263(6)
Do We Survive Death?
265(4)
Bertrand Russell
Jewish Reflections on Death
269(10)
The World Beyond the Grave
274(5)
Maurice Lamm
Immortality and Resurrection
279(13)
Human Destiny: Immortality and Resurrection
282(10)
John Hick
Death in Buddhism
292(6)
The Doctrine of No-Soul: Anatta
294(4)
Walpola Rahula
Retrospective
298(2)
Additional Readings
300(1)
Chapter Seven RELIGION AND LIFE
301(33)
Introduction: Religion and Life
301(4)
Life's Goal Is to Obey God's Will
305(5)
Moral Obligation
307(3)
William Paley
Life's Goal Is to Achieve Greatness
310(6)
The Joyful Wisdom
313(3)
Friedrich Nietzsche
To Know God Is to Live
316(8)
A Confession
317(7)
Leo Tolstoy
A World Without God
324(8)
Reality and God
326(6)
Konstantin Kolenda
Retrospective
332(1)
Additional Readings
332(2)
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARIES334(3)
GLOSSARY337(6)
INDEX343

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