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Book SynopsisChristian theism and apologetics is an increasingly significant area of research and dialogue. This volume comprises groundbreaking dialogues by many of the most prominent scholars in the field in a definitive treatment of central issues in theism and Christian faith. The essays are ecumenical and broadly Christian, in the spirit of C.S. Lewis''s Mere Christianity, and feature lucid and up-to-date material designed to engage students and others in contemporary theistic and Christian issues. The first half of the volume includes dialogues about God''s existence and the coherence of theism. The second moves beyond generic theism to address significant debates over such specifically Christian doctrines as the Trinity and the resurrection of Jesus. Debating Christian Theism provides an ideal starting point for students, scholars, and anyone seeking to understand the current issues and developments with respect to discussions in Christian theism and apologetics.
Trade ReviewAccessible to educated readers and advanced undergraduate students, this volume provides a handy summary of key positions in important debates. * CHOICE *
Debating Christian Theism contains new essays on central topics by a number of distinguished scholars. It should not only prove of general interest but would provide an excellent supplemental text for undergraduate and graduate courses in philosophy of religion or theology. * William Wainwright, author of Religion and Morality *
Pro/con pairs of essays, fairness, high-level discussion, rare breadth-all these combine to make this book an excellent representation of, and addition to, current debates regarding Christian theism. * Keith E. Yandell, author of Philosophy of Religion *
Table of ContentsContributors ; Introduction ; PART I - DEBATES ABOUT GOD'S EXISTENCE ; A Cosmological Argument ; 1. The Kalam Argument - William Lane Craig ; 2. Doubts about the Kalam Argument - Wes Morriston ; A Teleological Fine-Tuning Argument ; 3. The Fine-Tuning Evidence is Convincing - Robin Collins ; 4. The Universe Shows No Evidence for Design - Victor J. Stenger ; An Ontological Argument ; 5. A Modal Version of the Ontological Argument - E.J. Lowe ; 6. Lowe on "The Ontological Argument" - Graham Oppy ; A Moral Argument ; 7. Ethics Needs God - Paul Copan ; 8. The Failure of Moral Arguments - Louise Antony ; An Argument from Consciousness ; 9. The Argument from Consciousness - J. P. Moreland ; 10. Consciousness, Theism, and Naturalism - Graham Oppy ; The Coherence of Theism: Part 1 ; 11. Problems with Omnipotence - Nicholas Everitt ; 12. Coherence of Divine Power - Charles Taliaferro ; The Coherence of Theism: Part 2 ; 13. Problems with Omniscience - Patrick Grim ; 14. The Coherence of Omniscience - Jerome Gellman ; The Problem of Evil ; 15. Evil as Evidence against God - Richard M. Gale ; 16. God and Evil - Chad Meister ; Evolution and Belief in God ; 17. Bayes and the Evolution of Religious Belief - Joseph Bulbulia ; 18. Evolutionary Accounts of Religion and the Justification of Religious Belief - Michael Murray and Jeffrey Schloss ; The Nature of Human Beings ; 19. Human Persons are Material and Immaterial (Body and Soul) - Stewart Goetz ; 20. Human Persons are Material Only - Kevin Corcoran ; PART II - DEBATES ABOUT SPECIFIC CHRISTIAN BELIEFS ; Miracles and Christian Theism ; 21. Christianity and Miracles - Paul Moser ; 22. It is Not Reasonable to Believe in Miracles - Evan Fales ; Science and Christian Faith ; 23. Science is at Odds with Christianity - Julian Baggini ; 24. Science is Not at Odds with Christianity - Keith Ward ; The Doctrine of the Trinity ; 25. The Doctrine of the Trinity is Coherent - Thomas D. Senor ; 26. The Trinity is Incoherent - Timothy Winter ; The Atonement ; 27. Responsibility, Atonement, and Forgiveness - Richard Swinburne ; 28. Problems with the Doctrine of Atonement - John Hick ; The Incarnation ; 29. An Anselmian Defense of the Incarnation - Katherin A. Rogers ; 30. The Incarnation Doctrine is Incoherent and Unlikely - Michael Martin ; The Historical Reliability of the New Testament ; 31. The Gospels are Reliable as Historically Factual Accounts - Stephen T. Davis ; 32. The Gospels are Reliable as Memory and Testimony - Marcus Borg ; The Historical Jesus ; 33. The Christ of Faith is Not the Jesus of History - Stephen J. Patterson ; 34. The Christ of Faith is the Jesus of History - Craig A. Evans ; The Resurrection of Jesus ; 35. Jesus Did Rise From the Dead - Gary Habermas ; 36. Jesus Did Not Rise From the Dead - James Crossley ; Only One Way to God? ; 37. Jesus is the Only Way to God - Harold Netland ; 38. There are Many Ways to God - Paul Knitter ; Heaven and Hell ; 39. It is Reasonable to Believe in Heaven and Hell - Jerry L. Walls ; 40. It is Not Reasonable to Believe in Heaven and Hell - Keith Parsons ; Index
