{"product_id":"philosophy-of-religion-9781118619438","title":"Philosophy of Religion","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilosophy of Religion: The Basics\u003c\/i\u003e offers a concise introduction to philosophy of religion, distilling key discussions and concepts of the subject to their succinct essence, providing a truly accessible entry into the subject.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA truly accessible introduction to philosophy of religion for beginners\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTakes a topical approach, starting with the nature of religion and moving the reader through the major concepts, explaining how topics connect and point to one another\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a thorough and full treatment of diverse conceptions of God, the ontological argument, and divine attributes and dilemmas\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA genuinely concise introduction, this text can be used alongside other resources without overtaxing students\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRepresents 30 years of experience teaching to undergraduates\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes a free downloadable file with key excerpts and additions to help students study\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface for Teachers xi  \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 What Is Religion? 6\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Creed 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Code 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Cult 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 Community 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 Toward a Definition of Religion 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6 Ze, Zer, Mer 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Six Conceptions of God 17\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Experiential Sources of Concepts of God 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Six Conceptions of God 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Religious Naturalism 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Pantheism 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Panentheism (Process Theism) 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6 Deism 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.7 Classical Biblical Theism is based on divine revelation 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.8 Classical Philosophical Theism 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Divine Attributes and Dilemmas 34\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 What Is a Dilemma? 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Ways to Respond to a Dilemma 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Divine Attribute Dilemmas 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Proposed Solutions to the Preceding Dilemmas 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4.1 Unsurpassability 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4.2 Omnipotence 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4.3 Are Omnipotence and Omnibenevolence Incompatible? 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4.4 Immutability and Personhood 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4.5 Divine Omniscience and Human Freedom 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Open Theism 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Human Language and Talk about God 57\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Arguments about the Existence of God 72\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 The Ontological Argument 77\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Is Anselm’s Argument Decisive? 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 A Version of Duns Scotus’ Ontological Argument 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 The Cosmological Arguments 88\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 The First Three of “The Five Ways” of Thomas Aquinas 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Paul Edwards’ Infinite Regress Argument against the Cosmological Argument 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.1 Two Criticisms of Edwards 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 The Oscillatory Theory 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3.1 Criticism of the Oscillatory Theory 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 The Kalam Cosmological Argument 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 The Teleological or Design Arguments 101\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 The Anthropic Principle 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 The Multiverse 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 God and Morality 118\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Two Arguments from Morality for Belief in the Existence of God 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 The Relation of Morality to God 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.1 The Divine Command Theory 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.2 Theocentric Ethics 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.3 Natural Law Ethics 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Religious Experience and Belief in God 128\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 The Principle of Credulity and the Rationality of Belief in God 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Religious Experience as Evidence for the Existence of God 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Toward a Cumulative Argument for God 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Arguments against Belief in the Existence of God 137\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 Evidentialism and the Burden of Proof 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 Conceptual Arguments: Analysis of the Concept of God 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2.1 The Argument from Meaninglessness 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2.2 The Arguments from Incoherence and Self-Contradiction 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 Arguments from Science 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3.1 The Natural Sciences: The Adequacy of Science 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3.2 Criticisms of Naturalism 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3.3 The Social Sciences: Religion and Emotion 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4 The Problem of Divine Hiddenness 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5 The Problem of Many Religions 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 The Problem of Evil 152\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1 G.W. Leibniz (1646–1716) 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2 The Logical Argument from Evil: Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3 The Evidential Argument from Evil: Edward Madden, Peter Hare, William Rowe 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3.1 Criticisms of Arguments from Evil against the Existence of God 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4 Charles Hartshorne’s Panentheist or Process Theodicy 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 God and Life after Death 164\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.1 Cessationism 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2 Immortalism 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.3 Resurrectionism 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.4 Personal Identity and Continuity 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 Miracles, Revelation, and Prayer 179\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.1 Miracles 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2 Revelation 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.3 Prayer 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 Rationality without Evidence 185\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.1 Pascal’s Wager 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.2 Evidentialism vs. the Right to Believe 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.3 Fideism 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.3.1 Faith as Action or Leap 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.3.2 Faith as Passion or Gift 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.4 Agathism, Agatheism, and Religious Hope 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBiographical Notes 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 209\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528833179991,"sku":"9781118619438","price":25.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118619438.jpg?v=1731873198","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/philosophy-of-religion-9781118619438","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}