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Philosophy of religion : the big questions / edited by Eleanore Stump and Michael J. Murray.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Philosophy, the big questions ; 6Publication details: Oxford : Blackwell, 1998.ISBN:
  • 0631206035
  • 0631206043
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 210 21
LOC classification:
  • BL51
Contents:
Pt. 1. What Would Anything have to be Like in Order to be God? Omnipotence. 1. From Summa Contra Gentiles / St. Thomas Aquinas. 2. The Paradox of the Stone / C. Wade Savage. Omniscience. 3. On Ockham's Way Out / Alvin Plantinga. Perfection. 4. The Problem of Divine Perfection and Freedom / William Rowe. 5. How an Unsurpassable Being Can Create a Surpassable World / Daniel Howard-Snyder and Frances Howard-Snyder. Eternity. 6. Eternity / Eleonore Stump and Norman Kretzmann. 7. From God, Time, and Knowledge / William Hasker -- Pt. 2. Can we Show by Reason that there is a God? Ontological Argument. 8. From Proslogion / St. Anselm of Canterbury. 9. From Reply to Anselm / Gaunilon. 10. Necessary Being: the Ontological Argument / Peter van Inwagen. Cosmological Argument. 11. The Cosmological Argument / William Rowe. Teleological Argument. 12. From Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion / David Hume. 13. The Argument from Design / R. G. Swinburne. 14. God's Utility Function / Richard Dawkins. 15. From New Perspectives on Old-time Religion / George N. Schlesinger. The Evolutionary Anti-Naturalism Argument. 16. Is Naturalism Irrational? / Alvin Plantinga. The Argument from Religious Experience. 17. From The Autobiography of St. Teresa of Avila / St. Teresa of Avila. 18. Perceiving God / William Alston -- Pt. 3. Doesn't all the Evil in the World Show that there is no God? The Problem. 19. The Problem of Evil and Some Varieties of Atheism / William L. Rowe. 20. Pain and Pleasure: an Evidential Problem for Theists / Paul Draper. Defense. 21. On Being Evidentially Challenged / Alvin Plantinga. Theodicies. 22. From Theodicy in Islamic Thought / Al-Ghazali. 23. From the Book of Doctrines and Beliefs / Saadya Gaon. 24. The Magnitude, Duration, and Distribution of Evil: a Theodicy / Peter van Inwagen. 25. Natural Evil and the Possibility of Knowledge / Richard Swinburne. 26. An Irenaean Theodicy / John H. Hick. 27. The Problem of Evil / Eleonore Stump. Alternative Perspectives. 28. Coercion and the Hiddenness of God / Michael J. Murray. 29. Horrendous Evils and the Goodness of God / Marilyn McCord Adams. 30. The Theology of Liberation in Africa / Bishop Desmond Tutu -- Pt. 4. What is the Relation of Reason to Religious Belief? Evidentialism. 31. The Ethics of Belief / William Clifford. 32. It is Wrong, Everywhere, Always, and for Anyone, to Believe Anything upon Insufficient Evidence / Peter van Inwagen. Religious Belief as Basic. 33. Warranted Belief in God / Alvin Plantinga. Pascal's Wager. 34. From Pensees / Blaise Pascal. 35. The Recombinant DNA Debate: a Difficulty for Pascalian-Style Wagering / Stephen P. Stich. 36. A Central Theistic Argument / George N. Schlesinger -- Pt. 5. Can we Make Sense of Religious Doctrines and Practices? Miracles. 37. Of Miracles / David Hume. 38. From A Dialogue Concerning Heresies / Thomas More. 39. Miracles and (Christian) Theism / J. A. Cover. Prayer. 40. Petitionary Prayer / Eleonore Stump. Soul. 41. The Future of the Soul / Richard Swinburne. 42. From Neurophilosophy: Toward a Unified Science of the Mind-Brain / Patricia Smith Churchland. 43. Materialism and Survival / Dean W. Zimmerman. Revelation. 44. Are We Entitled? / Nicholas Wolterstorff -- Pt. 6. Can Morality have a Religious Foundation? 45. Morality: Religious and Secular / Patrick Nowell-Smith. 46. Divine Command Metaethics Modified Again / Robert Adams. 47. Abraham, Isaac, and Euthyphro: God and the Basis of Morality / Norman Kretzmann -- Pt. 7. How Should Religious, Gender, and Ethnic Diversity Influence our thinking about Religion? 48. On Non-Jewish Religions / Judah Halevi. 49. Religious Diversity and the Epistemic Justification of Religious Belief / Jerome Gellman. 50. What's the Difference? Knowledge and Gender in (Post)Modern Philosophy of Religion / Grace M. Jantzen. 51. Women's Experience Revisited: the Challenge of the Darker Sister / Jacquelyn Grant. 52. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass / Frederick Douglass. 53. The Value of African Religious Beliefs and Practices for Christian Theology / Mercy Amba Oduyoye.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1. What Would Anything have to be Like in Order to be God? Omnipotence. 1. From Summa Contra Gentiles / St. Thomas Aquinas. 2. The Paradox of the Stone / C. Wade Savage. Omniscience. 3. On Ockham's Way Out / Alvin Plantinga. Perfection. 4. The Problem of Divine Perfection and Freedom / William Rowe. 5. How an Unsurpassable Being Can Create a Surpassable World / Daniel Howard-Snyder and Frances Howard-Snyder. Eternity. 6. Eternity / Eleonore Stump and Norman Kretzmann. 7. From God, Time, and Knowledge / William Hasker -- Pt. 2. Can we Show by Reason that there is a God? Ontological Argument. 8. From Proslogion / St. Anselm of Canterbury. 9. From Reply to Anselm / Gaunilon. 10. Necessary Being: the Ontological Argument / Peter van Inwagen. Cosmological Argument. 11. The Cosmological Argument / William Rowe. Teleological Argument. 12. From Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion / David Hume. 13. The Argument from Design / R. G. Swinburne. 14. God's Utility Function / Richard Dawkins. 15. From New Perspectives on Old-time Religion / George N. Schlesinger. The Evolutionary Anti-Naturalism Argument. 16. Is Naturalism Irrational? / Alvin Plantinga. The Argument from Religious Experience. 17. From The Autobiography of St. Teresa of Avila / St. Teresa of Avila. 18. Perceiving God / William Alston -- Pt. 3. Doesn't all the Evil in the World Show that there is no God? The Problem. 19. The Problem of Evil and Some Varieties of Atheism / William L. Rowe. 20. Pain and Pleasure: an Evidential Problem for Theists / Paul Draper. Defense. 21. On Being Evidentially Challenged / Alvin Plantinga. Theodicies. 22. From Theodicy in Islamic Thought / Al-Ghazali. 23. From the Book of Doctrines and Beliefs / Saadya Gaon. 24. The Magnitude, Duration, and Distribution of Evil: a Theodicy / Peter van Inwagen. 25. Natural Evil and the Possibility of Knowledge / Richard Swinburne. 26. An Irenaean Theodicy / John H. Hick. 27. The Problem of Evil / Eleonore Stump. Alternative Perspectives. 28. Coercion and the Hiddenness of God / Michael J. Murray. 29. Horrendous Evils and the Goodness of God / Marilyn McCord Adams. 30. The Theology of Liberation in Africa / Bishop Desmond Tutu -- Pt. 4. What is the Relation of Reason to Religious Belief? Evidentialism. 31. The Ethics of Belief / William Clifford. 32. It is Wrong, Everywhere, Always, and for Anyone, to Believe Anything upon Insufficient Evidence / Peter van Inwagen. Religious Belief as Basic. 33. Warranted Belief in God / Alvin Plantinga. Pascal's Wager. 34. From Pensees / Blaise Pascal. 35. The Recombinant DNA Debate: a Difficulty for Pascalian-Style Wagering / Stephen P. Stich. 36. A Central Theistic Argument / George N. Schlesinger -- Pt. 5. Can we Make Sense of Religious Doctrines and Practices? Miracles. 37. Of Miracles / David Hume. 38. From A Dialogue Concerning Heresies / Thomas More. 39. Miracles and (Christian) Theism / J. A. Cover. Prayer. 40. Petitionary Prayer / Eleonore Stump. Soul. 41. The Future of the Soul / Richard Swinburne. 42. From Neurophilosophy: Toward a Unified Science of the Mind-Brain / Patricia Smith Churchland. 43. Materialism and Survival / Dean W. Zimmerman. Revelation. 44. Are We Entitled? / Nicholas Wolterstorff -- Pt. 6. Can Morality have a Religious Foundation? 45. Morality: Religious and Secular / Patrick Nowell-Smith. 46. Divine Command Metaethics Modified Again / Robert Adams. 47. Abraham, Isaac, and Euthyphro: God and the Basis of Morality / Norman Kretzmann -- Pt. 7. How Should Religious, Gender, and Ethnic Diversity Influence our thinking about Religion? 48. On Non-Jewish Religions / Judah Halevi. 49. Religious Diversity and the Epistemic Justification of Religious Belief / Jerome Gellman. 50. What's the Difference? Knowledge and Gender in (Post)Modern Philosophy of Religion / Grace M. Jantzen. 51. Women's Experience Revisited: the Challenge of the Darker Sister / Jacquelyn Grant. 52. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass / Frederick Douglass. 53. The Value of African Religious Beliefs and Practices for Christian Theology / Mercy Amba Oduyoye.