Introduction to Philosophy of Religion

Name: Introduction to Philosophy of Religion
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ISBN: 9780131517615

ISBN-10: 0131517619

ISBN-13: 9780131517615

Edition: 2007

Authors: James Kellenberger

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Using various and competing religious sensibilities, Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion helps readers work through the traditional material and their own religious questions. It addresses the question "Does God exist?," while also engaging how religions are lived and experienced in contemporary life. This book includes chapters or sections on the religions of the world, with sections on the history, belief, and practice of five world religions; the relevance to faith of the arguments for the existence of God; the realism issue; religious plurality; and the gender issue For individuals interested in the study of philosophy of religion.

Book details

List price: $98.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 9/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.90" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Preface


Introduction: Philosophy and Religion



Religions of the World


Hinduism Buddhism


Judaism Christianity


Islam


Other Religious Forms



Proving Gods Existence


The Main Argument for Gods Existence


The Ontological Argument Criticisms of the Ontological Argument


The Cosmological Argument Criticisms of the Cosmological Argument


The Teleological Argument Criticisms of the Teleological Argument


Summing Up and Going Further Questions for Chapter 2



Religious Faith and Proving Gods Existence


Two Questions about Proving Gods Existence


The Relevance for Faith of the Arguments for Gods Existence


Summing Up and Going Further Questions for Chapter 3



Is Religious Belief Reasonable?


Faith and Reason Blaise Pascal and the Reasonableness of Faith Criticisms of Pascals Account


William James and the Right to Believe Criticisms of Jamess Account


Contemporary Concerns about Evidentialism


Alvin Plantinga and the Rationality of Religious Belief


Criticisms of Plantingas Account


William Alston and the Reliability of Religious Belief


Formation Criticisms of Alstons Account


Summing Up and Going Further Questions for Chapter 4



Religious Discovery: Is the Discovery of God Possible?


Religious Experience and Discovery Kinds of Discoveries


The Religious Sensibility of the Psalms


Why Doesnt Everyone Realize Gods Presence?


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