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Book SynopsisThe last few decades have witnessed a stunning resurgence of philosophical interest in God and theology. Although much of this renaissance is focused on the rationality of theistic belief apart from evidence, there is a gathering movement in philosophical circles to re-establish natural theology's legitimacy in explaining God's existence.
Table of ContentsList of figures vi
Notes on contributors vii
Introduction ix
William Lane Craig and J. P. Moreland
1 The project of natural theology 1
Charles Taliaferro
2 The Leibnizian cosmological argument 24
Alexander R. Pruss
3 The kalam cosmological argument 101
William Lane Craig and James D. Sinclair
4 The teleological argument: an exploration of the fine-tuning of the universe 202
Robin Collins
5 The argument from consciousness 282
J. P. Moreland
6 The argument from reason 344
Victor Reppert
7 The moral argument 391
Mark D. Linville
8 The argument from evil 449
Stewart Goetz
9 The argument from religious experience 498
Kai-Man Kwan
10 The ontological argument 553
Robert E. Maydole
11 The argument from miracles: a cumulative case for the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth 593
Timothy McGrew and Lydia McGrew
Index 663