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What is the relationship between faith and reason? Find out in PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION: AN INTRODUCTION. Because it's written to be easily understood no matter your background, this philosophy of religion textbook introduces you to the debate in a way you can understand. Whether it's the philosophical proofs for God's existence or using reason to evaluate faith claims, the major points in the philosophy of religion are all covered in this excellent textbook. And with its built-in study tools, PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION: AN INTRODUCTION helps out during test time as well.

Introduction

1

(3)

The Idea of God

4

(12)

The Attributes of God

5

(11)

The Cosmological Argument

16

(13)

Stating the Argument

16

(13)

The Ontological Argument

29

(15)

Basic Concepts

29

(3)

Developing Anselm's Ontological Argument

32

(12)

The Design Argument (Old and New)

44

(11)

Argument by Analogy

44

(6)

Hume's Criticisms of the Design Argument

50

(2)

The New Design Argument

Acceptable Arguments

52

(3)

Religious and Mystical Experience

55

(19)

Toward a Definition of Religious Experience

55

(4)

Nonmystical Religious Experiences

59

(3)

Mystical Religious Experiences

62

(3)

The Unanimity Thesis

65

(9)

Faith and Reason

74

(18)

Religious Beliefs and Faith

75

(1)

Aquinas: A Traditional View

75

(2)

James: A Radical View

77

(3)

Religious Belief: A Special Case

80

(1)

James' Religious Hypothesis

81

(2)

James' Defense of Passional Belief

83

(2)

Religious Beliefs and Evidence

85

(7)

The Problem of Evil

92

(19)

The Logical Problem

93

(5)

The Evidential Problem

98

(3)

Responses to the Evidential Problem

101

(10)

Freud and Religious Belief

111

(11)

The Emergence of Religious Ideas

111

(2)

Religion as Illusion

113

(3)

The Worth of the Illusion

116

(2)

The Truth of the Illusion

118

(4)

Miracles and the Modern World View

122

(12)

Miracles: Incompatible with a Scientific World View?

122

(2)

An Unreasonable Belief

124

(7)

To Believe in Divine Intervention

131

(3)

Life After Death

134

(13)

Varieties of Immortality

134

(2)

The Meaningfulness of Immortality

136

(2)

The Case for Immortality

138

(5)

The Case Against Immortality

143

(4)

Predestination, Divine Foreknowledge, and Human Freedom

147

(14)

Human Freedom and Divine Predestination

147

(3)

The Conflict Between Human Freedom and Divine Foreknowledge

150

(3)

Some Solutions to the Conflict

153

(8)

Many Religions

161

(11)

Exclusivism

163

(2)

Inclusivism

165

(1)

Pluralism

166

(6)

Religious Alternatives to Theism

172

(13)

Paul Tillich: Ultimate Concern

172

(6)

Henry Nelson Wieman: God Within Nature

178

(4)

A Return to the First Question

182

(3)

For Further Reading

185

(3)

Index

188

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Philosophy of Religion An Introduction

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