Contemporary Perspectives on Religious Epistemology

Name: Contemporary Perspectives on Religious Epistemology
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ISBN: 9780195073232

ISBN-10: 0195073231

ISBN-13: 9780195073232

Edition: 1992

Authors: R. Douglas Geivett, Brendan Sweetman

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Epistemology is central to any discussion of the philosophy of religion; beliefs concerning the nature and scope of knowledge, its presuppositions and basis, and the general reliability of claims to knowledge in large part determine results on particular philosophical topics in religion. This anthology brings together twenty-eight key papers representative of the leading movements in religious epistemology today. Six approaches are discussed: the atheistic challenge is set out first, followed by five responses to it: Wittgensteinian fideism, reformed epistemology, natural theology, prudential accounts of religious beliefs, and rational belief based in religious experience. Contributors:…

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List price: $89.00
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/4/1993
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Size: 6.31" wide x 9.50" long x 1.16" tall
Weight: 1.408
Language: English

Brendan Sweetman is Professor of Philosophy at Rockhurst University, USA. He is author and editor of ten books, including Religion and Science: An Introduction (2010) and Religion: Key Concepts in Philosophy (2007).



Introduction



Atheism


Expositional



The Presumption of Atheism




The Problem of Evil and Some Varieties of Atheism




Atheistic Teleological Arguments



Critical



Atheological Apologetics




Wittgensteinian Fideism


Expositional



Faith, Skepticism, and Religious Understanding




The Groundlessness of Belief




Theology, Atheism, and Theism



Critical



Does Religious Skepticism Rest on a Mistake?




Reformed Epistemology


Expositional



Is Belief in God Properly Basic?




Is Reason Enough?




Experience, Proper Basicality, and Belief in God



Critical



Belief in God Is Not Properly Basic




Natural Theology


Expositional



Philosophical and Scientific Pointers to Creatio ex Nihilo




The Argument from Design




The Three-Stage Argument for the Existence of God




Flavors, Colors, and God



Critical



The Irrelevance to Religion of Philosophic Proofs for the Existence of God




Prudential Accounts of Religious Belief


Expositional



Pascalian Wagering




You Bet Your Life: Pascal's Wager Defended



Critical



Pascal's Wager




Rational Belief and Religious Experience


Expositional



Religious Experience and Religious Belief




The Rationality of Religious Belief




Three Models of Faith



Critical



Explaining Religious Experience