Description
Book SynopsisPhilosophy of Religion: Classic and Contemporary Issues offers a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the most important ideas and arguments in this resurgent field.
- Provides a solid foundation on the history of religious philosophy while broadening our understanding of religion's significance in today''s world
- Features 18 newly-commissioned essays by well-known scholars with varied viewpoints on the philosophy of religion
- Examines the evolution of religious philosophy from it roots to contemporary issues while expanding its analysis to include non-Western religious themes
- Includes charts, questions, and annotated suggested readings to stimulate further study and reflection
Trade Review“This new range of specially commissioned articles by leading philosophers of religion brings us right up to date on traditional and new topics in the field. Students and teachers alike will find most profitable this comprehensive guide to both classic and current debate and literature.”
Harriet Harris, University of Oxford "This has considerable potential as a course textbook … Handy route map for middle- to upper-level undergraduates." Times Higher Education Supplement
“An invigorating, wide-ranging, and cutting edge volume. Its clear and carefully structured essays shed considerable light on issues old and new. The book will excite both neophytes and experts.”
David Shatz, Yeshiva University
“This is a remarkably wide-ranging volume of essays by a distinguished team of experts in the philosophy of religion. It will be indispensable for teachers and students of the subject and of great interest to specialists in the field.”
E. J. Lowe, Durham University
Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors vii
Introduction 1
Part I: Religions Experience and Knowledge 7
1 The Epistemology of Religious Experience 9
William E. Mann
2 Religion and Science 23
John Polkinghorne
3 Reformed Epistemology 37
René van Woudenberg
4 Religious Pluralism 51
Joseph Runzo
5 Religious Exclusivism 67
Harold Netland
Part II: The Existence of God 81
6 The Cosmological Argument 83
William Lane Craig
7 The Teleological Argument 98
Robin Collins
8 The Ontological Argument 112
Graham Oppy
9 The Moral Argument 127
Paul Copan
10 The Argument from Evil 142
Paul Draper
11 A Naturalistic Account of the Universe 156
Quentin Smith
Part III: The Nature and Attributes of God 171
12 The Coherence of Theism 173
Charles Taliaferro
13 The Impossibility of God? 188
Robin Le Poidevin
l4 God, Time, and Freedom 202
Katherin A. Rogers
15 Divine Hiddenness, Death, and Meaning 215
Paul K. Moser
Part IV: Emerging Themes 229
16 Continental Philosophy of Religion 231
Bruce Ellis Benson
17 Eastern Philosophy of Religion 245
Gavin Hood
18 Feminist Philosophy of Religion 261
Pamela Sue Anderson
Appendix: Leading Philosophers of Religion 274
Index 277
