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Philosophy of Religion : Selected Readings

ISBN: 9780195188295 | 0195188292
Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 4/6/2006

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SummaryTable of Contents
The new edition of this perennially popular anthology in the philosophy of religion examines both basic classical concepts and a host of contemporary issues. Organized into fourteen thematic sections, Philosophy of Religion presents seventy-three selections that cover standardsubjects--religious experience, theistic arguments, the problem of evil, and miracles--as well as more recent topics including reformed epistemology, process theism, the kalam theological argument, the religion-science controversy, religious ethics, and the diversity of wo... MORE
INTRODUCTION: Exploring the Philosophy of Religion1(4)
PART ONE THE NATURE OF RELIGION5(24)
RELIGION AS A SOCIAL PHENOMENON
8(5)
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Emile Durkheim
A DEFENSE OF RELIGIOUS REALISM
13(7)
Roger Trigg
THE MEANING OF RELIGIOUS BELIEFS IS THEIR USE
20(8)
D.Z. Phillips
SUGGESTED READING
28(1)
PART TWO RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE29(60)
RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCES
32(3)
Saint Teresa of Jesus
RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE AS THE ROOT OF RELIGION
35(10)
William James
RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE AS PERCEPTION OF GOD
45(9)
William P. Alston
RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCES AS INTERPRETATIVE ACCOUNTS
54(11)
Wayne Proudfoot
CRITIQUE OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE
65(14)
Michael Martin
A PHENOMENOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE
79(8)
Merold Westphal
SUGGESTED READING
87(2)
PART THREE FAITH AND REASON89(42)
THE HARMONY OF REASON AND REVELATION
92(4)
Thomas Aquinas
THE HARMONY OF PHILOSOPHY AND THE QUR'AN
96(5)
Ibn Rushd
THE WAGER
101(3)
Blaise Pascal
THE ETHICS OF BELIEF
104(6)
William Clifford
THE WILL TO BELIEVE
110(8)
William James
TRUTH IS SUBJECTIVITY
118(5)
Soren Kierkegaard
CRITICAL DIALOG IN PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
123(7)
C. Stephen Evans
SUGGESTED READING
130(1)
PART FOUR THE DIVINE ATTRIBUTES131(42)
GOD'S NECESSARY EXISTENCE
133(5)
John Hick
NEGATIVE THEOLOGY
138(5)
Moses Maimonides
GOD IS OMNIPOTENT
143(3)
Thomas Aquinas
SOME PUZZLES CONCERNING OMNIPOTENCE
146(3)
George I. Mavrodes
DIVINE OMNISCIENCE AND VOLUNTARY ACTION
149(6)
Nelson Pike
GOD IS TIMELESS
155(4)
Boethius
GOD IS EVERLASTING
159(9)
Nicholas Wolterstorff
ATMAN IS BRAHMAN
168(2)
The Upanishads
SUGGESTED READING
170(3)
PART FIVE ARGUMENTS ABOUT GOD'S EXISTENCE173(86)
THE CLASSICAL ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT
176(2)
Saint Anselm
CRITIQUE OF ANSELM'S ARGUMENT
178(3)
Gaunilo
A CONTEMPORARY MODAL VERSION OF THE ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT
181(13)
Alvin Plantinga
THE CLASSICAL COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT
194(3)
Thomas Aquinas
THE COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT
197(13)
Bruce Reichenbach
THE KALAM COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT
210(13)
William Lane Craig
CRITIQUE OF THE COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT
223(9)
J.L. Mackie
THE ANALOGICAL TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT
232(3)
William Paley
THE ANTHROPIC TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT
235(11)
L. Stafford Betty with Bruce Cordell
MORAL ARGUMENTS FOR GOD'S EXISTENCE
246(10)
Robert Merrihew Adams
SUGGESTED READING
256(3)
PART SIX KNOWING GOD WITHOUT ARGUMENTS259(30)
THE REFORMED OBJECTION TO NATURAL THEOLOGY
261(12)
Alvin Plantinga
EXPERIENCE, PROPER BASICALITY, AND BELIEF IN GOD
273(7)
Robert Pargetter
THE CASE OF THE INTELLECTUALLY SOPHISTICATED THEIST
280(6)
William Hasker
SUGGESTED READING
286(3)
PART SEVEN THE PROBLEM OF EVIL289(90)
EVIL IS PRIVATION OF GOOD
292(4)
Saint Augustine
EVIL MAKES A STRONG CASE AGAINST GOD'S EXISTENCE
296(8)
David Hume
EVIL AND OMNIPOTENCE
304(11)
J.L. Mackie
THE FREE WILL DEFENSE
315(26)
Alvin Plantinga
SOUL-MAKING THEODICY
341(13)
John Hick
THE EVIDENTIAL ARGUMENT FROM EVIL
354(11)
William Rowe
HORRENDOUS EVILS AND THE GOODNESS OF GOD
365(11)
Marilyn McCord Adams
SUGGESTED READING
376(3)
PART EIGHT DIVINE ACTION379(46)
PROVIDENCE—RISKY OR RISK-FREE?
382(11)
Paul Helm
MIDDLE KNOWLEDGE AND CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN THOUGHT
393(9)
David Basinger
AN OBJECTION TO MIDDLE KNOWLEDGE
402(5)
Robert Merrihew Adams
THE VULNERABILITY OF GOD
407(9)
J.R. Lucas
GOD IS CREATIVE-RESPONSIVE LOVE
416(7)
John B. Cobb and David Ray Griffin
SUGGESTED READING
423(2)
PART NINE RELIGIOUS LANGUAGE425(46)
THE DOCTRINE OF ANALOGY
427(3)
Thomas Aquinas
THE FALSIFICATION DEBATE
430(5)
Antony Flew and Basil Mitchell
RELIGIOUS LANGUAGE AS SYMBOLIC
435(6)
Paul Tillich
SEXISM AND GOD-TALK
441(6)
Rosemary Radford Ruether
SPEAKING LITERALLY OF GOD
447(20)
William P. Alston
THE TRUE TAO IS UNSPEAKABLE
467(1)
Lao Tsu
SUGGESTED READING
468(3)
PART TEN MIRACLES471(26)
THE EVIDENCE FOR MIRACLES IS WEAK
473(8)
David Hume
MIRACLES AND HISTORICAL EVIDENCE
481(7)
Richard Swinburne
MIRACLES AND TESTIMONY
488(8)
J.L. Mackie
SUGGESTED READING
496(1)
PART ELEVEN LIFE AFTER DEATH497(50)
THE SOUL SURVIVES AND FUNCTIONS AFTER DEATH
500(10)
H.H. Price
THE SOUL NEEDS A BRAIN TO CONTINUE TO FUNCTION
510(11)
Richard Swinburne
PROBLEMS WITH ACCOUNTS OF LIFE AFTER DEATH
521(8)
Linda Badham
RESURRECTION OF THE PERSON
529(10)
John Hick
REBIRTH
539(6)
Sri Aurobindo
SUGGESTED READING
545(2)
PART TWELVE RELIGION AND SCIENCE547(34)
TWO SEPARATE DOMAINS
549(10)
Stephen Jay Gould
SCIENCE DISCREDITS RELIGION
559(4)
Richard Dawkins
THEOLOGY AND SCIENTIFIC METHODOLOGY
563(17)
Nancey Murphy
SUGGESTED READING
580(1)
PART THIRTEEN RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY581(38)
BUDDHISM AND OTHER RELIGIONS
584(4)
Dalai Lama
THE UNIQUENESS OF RELIGIOUS DOCTRINES
588(9)
Paul J. Griffiths
RELIGIOUS INCLUSIVISM
597(10)
Karl Rahner
RELIGIOUS PLURALISM
607(10)
John Hick
SUGGESTED READING
617(2)
PART FOURTEEN RELIGION AND MORALITY619(25)
WHICH GOD OUGHT WE TO OBEY?
621(8)
Alasdair MacIntyre
ETHICS WITHOUT RELIGION
629(10)
Jean-Paul Sartre
ETHICS AND NATURAL LAW
639(3)
Thomas Aquinas
SUGGESTED READING
642(2)
GLOSSARY644

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