Religion:
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1. Verfasser: Sweetman, Brendan (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London Continuum ©2007
Schriftenreihe:Key concepts in philosophy
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-167) and index
1 - Introduction : the God question -- - Is your worldview reasonable? -- - Some terminology -- - Faith and reason -- - 2 - First cause and design -- - The kalãm cosmological argument -- - St. Thomas's version of the cosmological argument -- - The teleological argument -- - The anthropic argument from design -- - 3 - Necessary being, morality and miracles -- - The ontological argument -- - God and morality -- - The argument from miracles -- - 4 - What is God like? -- - The classical view of God -- - Challenges to the classical view -- - God's omnipotence -- - God's omniscience -- - A note on Eastern views of God -- - 5 - God and evil -- - Evil, and the problem of evil -- - Problems of evil : logical, evidential, existential -- - The evidential problem of evil -- - Theistic replies : the free-will defence -- - Explaining evil within theism -- - Augustinian and Irenaean theodicies
6 - Religious experience and God -- - What is a religious experience? -- - Two types of argument from religious experience -- - The contemporary argument : reformed epistemology -- - John Hick on religious experience -- - 7 - Religion and science -- - The Galileo affair -- - Atheism, naturalism and science -- - The theory of evolution -- - The evidence for evolution -- - Evolution, religion and creationism -- - Is evolution a threat to religious belief? -- - Mind, soul and immortality -- - 8 - Religious diversity : is there a true religion? -- - Religious exclusivism -- - Religious pluralism -- - Religious inclusivism -- - Notes -- - Guide to further reading -- - Index
The philosophy of religion is a core area in the study of philosophy, as well as being a subject of growing contemporary interest.€ It encompasses some of the major and most complex philosophical questions. Does God exist? What is God's nature? Why does God allow evil? What is a religious experience? Are religion and science compatible? What relevance does evolution have for religious belief? It also covers questions concerning the challenge of religious pluralism, a topic of great contemporary relevance. Written with the specific needs of students new to philosophy in mind, Religion: Key
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ISBN:9781441197061
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