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Philosophy of religion : an anthology / edited by Charles Taliaferro and Paul J. Griffiths.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Blackwell philosophy anthologies ; 20.
- Blackwell philosophy anthologies ; 20
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religion--Philosophy.
- Religion.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 622 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2003.
- Summary:
- This substantial anthology of classical and contemporary readings serves as a survey and analysis of the key issues, figures, and concepts in the philosophy of religion. The readings examine a wide variety of topics, including religious identity, theism and divine attributes, explanations of religion, theistic arguments, nontheistic religions, evils and goods, religious values, personal identity, and death. The integration of the key issues concerning students today makes this book distinctive and accessible. Edited and introduced by distinguished scholars, these essays are essential reading for anyone interested in the philosophy of religion.
- Contents:
- What makes religious beliefs religious? / W.D. Hudson
- World religions and world orders / Stephen R.L. Clark
- Religion / Paul J. Griffiths
- God / Richard Swinburne
- Omnipotence and omniscience / T.V. Morris
- Eternity / Brian Leftow
- Divine freedom and creation / Laura L. Garcia
- The idea of God in feminist philosophy / Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki
- Theology and falsification : a symposium / Antony Flew, R.M. Hare, and Basil Mitchell
- Psychoanalysis and theism / Adolf Grünbaum
- Psychoanalytic theory and theistic belief / William Alston
- The varieties of religious experience / William James
- The numinous / Rudolf Otto
- Religious experience / Caroline Franks Davis
- The groundlessness of belief / Norman Malcolm
- Thought-project / Søoren Kierkegaard
- The ethics of belief / W.K. Clifford
- Religious belief as "properly basic" / Alvin Plantinga
- The cosmological argument / Richard Swinburne
- Cosmological arguments / J.L. Mackie
- Teleological argument / David Hume
- The argument from design / Richard Hambourger
- Anselm's ontological arguments / Norman Malcolm
- The ontological argument / Michael Martin
- Darsana, Ānvīkṣikī, philosophy / Wilhelm Halbfass
- The purview of the "real" / Georges B.J. Dreyfus
- Finding a self : Buddhist and feminist perspectives / Anne Carolyn Klein
- How many nondualities are there? / David Loy
- The problem of natural evil / Mary Midgley
- The problem of evil and some varieties of atheism / William L. Rowe
- The problem of evil / Brian Davies
- The problem of evil, the problem of air, and the problem of silence / Peter van Inwagen
- Horrendous evils and the goodness of god / Marilyn McCord Adams
- Selves and shadows / Mary Midgley
- Buddhism and evil / Martin Southwold
- Evil and ethical terror / Nel Noddings
- Pluralism, tolerance, and disagreement / Edward Langerak
- A modified divine command theory of ethical wrongness / Robert Merrihew Adams
- Morality and religion reconsidered / Baruch A. Brody
- Religion and the queerness of morality / George I. Mavrodes
- Pure love / Robert Merrihew Adams
- The possibility of incarnation / Richard Swinburne
- Religious pluralism / John Hick
- The real or the Real? Chardin or Rothko? / Anthony O'Hear
- Does nature need to be redeemed? / Holmes Rolston III
- Pascal's wager / Blaise Pascal
- Why is faith a virtue? / Tim Chappell
- The metaphysical self / Roger Trigg
- Of miracles / David Hume
- Do we need immortality? / Grace M. Jantzen
- Why we need immortality / Charles Taliaferro
- Is liberation (mokṣa) pleasant? / A. Chakrabarti.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0631214704
- 0631214712
- OCLC:
- 49799283
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