The problem of God : the challenges of faith, religion, and spirituality today / Erin M. Cline ; foreword by Otto Hentz, SJ.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cline, Erin M., Author.

Contributor:

Hentz, Otto J., 1938- writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

God--Proof.

God.

Theodicy.

Religious pluralism.

Physical Description:

xvi, 196 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2026]

Summary:

"This book, based on the Georgetown University course "The Problem of God" which the author has been teaching for the last fifteen years, explores the challenges of religious belief and spirituality through the lens of both historical and contemporary sources from a diversity of religious traditions around the globe. It explores fundamental issues concerning belief in God, including the existence and nature of God; different forms of theism and alternatives to theism; warranted belief; and the challenges posed by the problem of evil, modern science, atheism, and religious pluralism"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Classical Arguments for God's Existence : The Teleological Argument

Classical Arguments for God's Existence : The Cosmological Argument

Classical Arguments for God's Existence : The Ontological Argument

A Hindu Proof of God's Existence

The Bhagavad Gita and Hindu Views of God

Confucian Views of Tian ("Heaven"), Ancestor Spirits, and Ritual

Daoist Views of the Infinite Dao : Theism, Deism, and Agnosticism

Augustine's God : Overcoming Estrangement and Engaging Mystical Experience

The Problem of Evil and Theodicy

The Problem of Evil and Atheism

The Problem of Evil and God's Omnipotence

Pascal's Wager

The Problem of Religious Pluralism

Religious Experience and Conversion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version Cline, Erin M. Problem of god

ISBN:

9781647126858

9781647126841

1647126843

1647126851

OCLC:

1540954066

Publisher Number:

90104329866