Experience, explanation and faith : an introduction to the philosophy of religion / Anthony O'Hear.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Hear, Anthony, author.

Series:

Routledge library editions. Philosophy of religion.

Routledge Library Editions: Philosophy of Religion ; Volume 27

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion--Philosophy.

Religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (432 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book Anthony O'Hear examines the reasons that are given for religious faith. His approach is firmly within the classical tradition of natural theology, but an underlying theme is the differences between the personal Creator of the Bible or the Koran and a God conceived of as the indeterminate ground of everything determinate. Drawing on several religious traditions and on the resources of contemporary philosophy, specific chapters analyse the nature of religious faith and of religious experience. They examine connections between religion and morality, and religion and human k

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. Faith and Religious Life; 2. Religious Experience and Religious Knowledge; 3. Religion, Truth and Morality; 1. Knowledge and truth; 2. Religion and morality; 4. Religious Explanations; 1. The religious 'tu quoque'; 2. Cosmological and teleological arguments; 3. God as necessary being; 4. God as world process; 5. Suffering and Evil; 6. Religion and the Rational Man; Suggestions for Further Reading; References; Index

Notes:

"First published in 1984"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed May 24, 2013).

ISBN:

1-135-97788-7

1-135-97781-X

0-203-53263-5

9780203532638

OCLC:

849925176