FREE SHIPPING BOTH WAYS
ON EVERY ORDER!
LIST PRICE:
$182.66

OUR PRICE:
$15.74

You may extend rentals at any time.


Philosophy of Religion in a Global Perspective

ISBN: 9780534505493 | 053450549X
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 10/29/1998

Why Rent from Knetbooks?

Because Knetbooks knows college students. Our rental program is designed to save you time and money. Whether you need a textbook for a semester, quarter or even a summer session, we have an option for you. Simply select a rental period, enter your information and your book will be on its way!

Top 5 reasons to order all your textbooks from Knetbooks:

  • We have the lowest prices on thousands of popular textbooks
  • Free shipping both ways on ALL orders
  • Most orders ship within 48 hours
  • Need your book longer than expected? Extending your rental is simple
  • Our customer support team is always here to help
SummaryTable of Contents
This anthology on philosophy of religion is unique in that it reflects the multicultural and global realities of religious pluralism. In addition to readings dealing with Judeo Christianity, Kessler includes Native American, African, Hindu, Islamic, Confucian, and Taoist thought. Feminist, African-American, atheist, and Latin American viewpoints are also included.
Prefacexi(4)
Introduction: What Is Philosophy of Religion?xv
Chapter 1 What Is Religion?
1(43)
Introduction1(1)
... MORE
1.1 The Nature of Religion
2(9)
Ninian Smart
1.2 Religion as a Cultural System
11(9)
Clifford Geertz
1.3 The Search for Family Resemblances of Religion
20(4)
Rem B. Edwards
1.4 The Meaning and End of Religion
24(10)
Wilfred Cantwell Smith
1.5 What is Religion?
34(10)
Keiji Nishitani
Chapter 2 Diverse Views of Ultimate Reality
44(52)
Introduction44(2)
2.1 The Tao
46(4)
Lao-tzu
2.2 Non-Dualism
50(12)
Shankara
2.3 The Nature of God
62(7)
Avicenna
2.4 Emptiness and God
69(12)
John B. Cobb, Jr.
2.5 The Female Nature of God
81(6)
Rosemary Radford Reuther
2.6 Is the Concept of Ultimate Reality Coherent?
87(9)
William J. Wainwright
Chapter 3 Can We Prove That Some Kind of Ultimate Reality Exists?
96(54)
Introduction69(1)
3.1 The Seven Ways
97(5)
Udayana
3.2 The Five Ways
102(3)
St. Thomas Aquinas
3.3 The Cosmological Argument
105(9)
William Rowe
3.4 A Buddhist Critique
114(8)
Gunapala Dharmasiri
3.5 The Teleological Argument
122(8)
David Hume
3.6 Whence This Consciousness?
130(7)
Sir Autobindo
3.7 The Ontological Argument
137(3)
St. Anselm
Gaunilo
3.8 Problems and Possibilities for the Ontological Argument
140(10)
Yeager Hudson
Chapter 4 Religious Experience: What Is It and What Does It Prove?
150(60)
Introduction150(2)
4.1 The Experiential Dimension
152(10)
Ninian Smart
4.2 Black Elk's Vision
162(8)
Black Elk
4.3 I and Thou
170(6)
Martin Buber
4.4 Satori
176(6)
D.T. Suzuki
4.5 Perceiving God
182(10)
William P. Alston
Terence Penelhum
4.6 Feminists, Philosophiers, and Mystics
192(18)
Grace M. Jantzen
Chapter 5 Why Do Suffering and Evil Occur?
210(59)
Introduction210(1)
5.1 Night
211(6)
Elie Wiesel
5.2 Does Evil Stem from Society or from Human Nature?
217(7)
Human Nature Is Good
219(2)
Mencius
Hsun-tzu
Human Nature Is Evil
221(3)
5.3 Evil and Omnipotence
224(9)
J.L. Mackie
5.4 The Free-Will Explanation
233(5)
Kwame Gyekye
5.5 Atheism and Evil
238(8)
William Rowe
5.6 Karma and the Problem of Evil
246(9)
Bruce Reichenbach
5.7 Theological Explanations
255(14)
Robert Nozick
Chapter 6 How Are Religion and Morality Related?
269(57)
Introduction269(1)
6.1 Analects
270(6)
Confucius
6.2 Master and Slave Morality
276(4)
Friedrich Nietzsche
6.3 A Modified Divine Command Theory
280(15)
Robert Merrihew Adams
6.4 An Afro-American Revolutionary Christianity
295(9)
Cornel West
6.5 Popular Religion and Liberation
304(7)
Michael R. Candelaria
6.6 Religion and Women's Human Rights
311(15)
Martha C. Nussbaum
Chapter 7 Are We Immortal?
326(47)
Introduction326(2)
7.1 Death and Immortality in African Religions
328(9)
Kofi Asare Opoku
7.2 Jewish Views of the Afterlife
337(5)
Maurice Lamm
7.3 Human Destiny: Immortality and Resurrection
342(9)
John Hick
7.4 The Immortality of the Soul
351(7)
Jacques Maritain
7.5 The Problem of Rebirth
358(6)
Sri Aurobindo
The Reincarnating Soul
360(4)
7.6 A Naturalistic Case for Extinction
364(9)
Linda Badham
Chapter 8 What Is the Meaning of Religious Language?
373(55)
Introduction373(1)
8.1 The Nature of Religious Language
374(9)
Paul Tillich
8.2 Does God-Talk Make Sense?
383(7)
Antony Flew
R.M. Hare
Basil Mitchell
8.3 The Origins of the Question
390(9)
Thomas P. Kasulis
8.4 Symbols All Around
399(5)
John Fire
Lame Deer
8.5 Metaphorical Theology
404(24)
Sallie McFague
Chapter 9 Do Faith and Reason Conflict?
428(55)
Introduction428(3)
9.1 On the Harmony between Faith and Reason
431(10)
Averroes
9.2 A Wager
441(3)
Blaise Pascal
9.3 The Ethics of Belief
444(4)
William K. Clifford
9.4 The Will to Believe
448(8)
William James
9.5 Is Belief in God Rational?
456(9)
Alvin Plantinga
9.6 Intellect and Intuition
465(5)
Radhakrishnan
9.7 Kierkegaard on Rationality
470(13)
Marilyn Gaye Piety
Chapter 10 Humanism, Science, and Miracles
483(46)
Introduction483(1)
10.1 God Is a Projection
484(8)
Ludwig Feuerbach
10.2 Religion Is an Opiate
492(4)
Karl Marx
10.3 The Scientific Spirit and Method in Chinese Philosophy
496(8)
Hu Shih
10.4 Religion and Science in the Global Age
504(5)
Masao Abe
10.5 Of Miracles
509(7)
David Hume
10.6 Miracles
516(13)
Richard Swinburne
Chapter 11 Are All Religions True?
529
Introduction529(1)
11.1 Four Attitudes
530(5)
Raimundo Panikkar
11.2 Conflicting Truth Claims
535(11)
John Hick
11.3 Religious Pluralism and Advaita Vedanta
546(8)
Arvind Sharma
11.4 The Transcendent Unity of Religions
554(7)
Frithjof Schuon
11.5 Whose Objectivity? Which Neutrality?
561(12)
Gavin D'Costa
11.6 A Problem for Radical Pluralism
573
Purusottama Bilimoria


Please wait while this item is added to your cart...