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*=New to this EditionINTRODUCTION* What Is Religion? Beverly Clack and Brian R. Clack* What is Reason? Steven M. Cahn, Patricia Kitcher, and George SherPART I: THE DIVINE ATTRIBUTESA. GoodnessGod and Goodness, James Rachels* A Modified Divine Command Theory, Robert M. AdamsB. OmnipotenceSome Puzzles Concerning Omnipotence, George Mavrodes* The Logic of Omnipotence, Harry G. FrankfurtC. Timelessness* The Consolation of Philosophy, Boethius* God Everlasting, Nicholas WolterstorffD. Omniscience* Divine Omniscience and Voluntary Action, Nelson Pike* Power Over the Past, William L. RoweE. Forgiveness and LoveGod and Forgiveness, Anne Minas* God as Lover, Sallie McFaguePART II: PROOFS FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GODA. The Ontological ArgumentThe Ontological Argument, St. Anselm and GauniloThe Ontological Argument: A Critique, Immanuel Kant* The Ontological Argument: A Reassessment, William L. RoweB. The Cosmological ArgumentThe Five Ways, St. Thomas Aquinas* The Cosmological Argument, Richard Taylor* The Cosmological Argument: A Critique, J. L. Mackie* The Kalam Cosmological Argument, William L. RoweC. The Teleological ArgumentThe Evidence of Design, William PaleyDialogues Concerning Natural Religion (II, V-VII), David Hume* The Argument from Design, Robert Hambourger* Darwin and Design, Nicholas EverittD. About the Arguments* What Question does a Theistic Argument Answer? Linda Trinkhaus Zagzebski* Theistic Arguments and Religious Commitment, Steven M. CahnPART III: AVENUES TO THE DIVINEA. Religious ExperienceMysticism, William James* Fallibilism and Faith, Susan HaackPerceiving God, William AlstonPerceiving God: A Critique, William L. RoweB. MiraclesOf Miracles, David HumeOn Miracles, Paul J. Dietl* Miracles as Evidence Against the Existence of God, Christine Overall* Do Miracles Occur? Monroe C. Beardsley and Elizabeth Lane BeardsleyC. Ritual, Prayer, and Worship* Euthyphro, Plato* Petitionary Prayer, Eleonore StumpThe Concept of Worship, James RachelsD. Speaking of GodExperience and Metaphor, Janet Martin SoskiceMetaphors Without Meaning, Paul Edwards* Speaking in Parables, Sallie McFague* Beyond God the Father, Mary Daly* Reimagining the Unimaginable, Judith PlaskowPART IV: BELIEF WITHOUT PROOFThe Wager, Blaise PascalPascal's Wager: A Critique, Simon Blackburn* Pascal's Wager: An Assessment, Linda Trinkaus ZagzebskiThe Ethics of Belief, W. K. CliffordThe Will to Believe, William JamesThe Will to Believe: A Critique, Nicholas EverittBelief Without Argument, Alvin PlantingaBelief Without Argument: A Critique, Michael MartinPART V: THE PROBLEM OF EVILDialogues Concerning Natural Religion (X-XI), David Hume* Hume on Evil, Nelson Pike* The Problem of Evil and Some Varieties of Atheism, William L. RoweWhy God Allows Evil, Richard Swinburne* Knowledge, Freedom, and the Problem of Evil, Eleonore Stump* Christianity and Horrendous Evils, Marilyn McCord Adams* Who is Causing Suffering, and to Whom? Grace M. JantzenThe Hiddenness of God, Robert McKimPART VI: THE AFTERLIFE* Two Christian Concepts of Heaven, Colleen McDannell and Bernhard Lang* The Problem of Hell, Marilyn McCord AdamsResurrection, John H. HickDo We Need Immortality? Grace M. Jantzen* A Naturalistic Case for Extinction, Linda BadhamPART VII: RELIGIOUS PLURALISMReligious Pluralism and Salvation, John H. HickA Defense of Religious Exclusivism, Alvin Plantinga* The Problem of Religious Diversity, Linda Trinkaus ZagzebskiReligion Without God, Steven M. Cahn
