Contemporary philosophy of religion / edited by Steven M. Cahn, David Shatz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cahn, Steven M.

Shatz, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion--Philosophy.

Religion.

Physical Description:

x, 310 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1982.

Summary:

This collection of twenty-one essays brings together some of the finest recent contributions to philosophy of religion. Most of the selection appeared during the past decade and have not been reprinted previously. The author include many distinguished contemporary philosophers of religion, some sympathetic to religion, others sharply critical.

Contents:

Preface / Steven M. Cahn and David Shatz

The problem of evil / Richard Swinburne

Cacodaemony / Steven M. Cahn

Suffering and evil / George N. Schlesinger

God and forgiveness / Anne C. Minas

Omnipotence / Peter Geach

Divine omniscience and voluntary action / Nelson Pike

God everlasting / Nicholas Wolterstorff

God and spacelessness / Paul Helm

Mysticism and philosophy / Richard Gale

Mysticism and sense perception / William J. Wainwright

On miracles / Paul J. Dietl

Ritual and the religious feelings / Gareth Matthews

God and human attitudes / James Rachels

Life after death / Terence Penelhum

The life everlasting and the bodily criterion of identity / George I. Mavrodes

Kierkegaard's arguments against objective reasoning in religion / Robert Merrihew Adams

Pascal's wager / James Cargile

Wittgensteinian fideism / Kai Nielsen

Rationality and religious belief / Alvin Plantinga

The new map of the universe

Notes:

Bibliography: pages 301-310.

ISBN:

0195030095 :

OCLC:

7459450