Philosophy of Religion: Selected Readings / Edition 5

by Michael Peterson, William Hasker, Bruce Reichenbach, David Basinger

Overview

Incorporating twelve new readings, Philosophy of Religion: Selected Readings, Fifth Edition, presents eighty-two selections grouped into fourteen thematic sections, providing instructors with great flexibility in organizing their courses. While it deals primarily with the Western and analytic traditions in philosophy, the book also incorporates readings representing continental, Asian, and Islamic perspectives. The selections are enhanced by substantial section introductions, study questions, suggested readings, and an extensive glossary at the end of the book. The fifth edition includes a new section, "Atheism and Nonreligious Approaches to Religion," featuring work by Paul Draper, Ludwig Feuerbach, Michael Martin, Michael Peterson, and Michael Ruse. Seven other additional selections appear throughout the text.

An excellent stand-alone text for courses in the philosophy of religion, Philosophy of Religion, Fifth Edition, is also a perfect companion to the editors' textbook, Reason and Religious Belief, Fifth Edition (OUP, 2012), as the two books share the same topical organization.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199303441
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	01/20/2014
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	672
Sales rank:	684,752
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Michael Peterson is Professor of Philosophy of Religion at Asbury Theological Seminary.

William Hasker is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Huntington University.

Bruce Reichenbach is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Augsburg College.

David Basinger is Professor of Philosophy & Ethics at Roberts Wesleyan College.

Table of Contents

*=New to this Edition, PrefaceINTRODUCTION: Exploring the Philosophy of ReligionPART ONE: THE NATURE OF RELIGIONAn Evolutionary Account of Religion, Daniel C. DennettBuddhist Nonrealism, BuddhaA Defense of Religious Realism, Roger TriggThe Meaning of Religious Beliefs Is Their Use, D. Z. PhillipsPART TWO: RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCEReligious Experiences, St. Teresa of JesusReligious Experience as Feelings Forming the Root of Religion, William JamesReligious Experience as Perception of God, William P. AlstonReligious Experiences as Interpretative Accounts, Wayne ProudfootCritique of Religious Experience, Michael MartinA Phenomenological Account of Religious Experience, Merold Westphal* Religious Experience Brings About Awakening, Hakuun Yasutani RoshiPART THREE: FAITH AND REASONThe Harmony of Reason and Revelation, Thomas AquinasThe Wager, Blaise PascalThe Ethics of Belief, William CliffordThe Will to Believe, William JamesTruth Is Subjectivity, Søren KierkegaardCritical Dialog in Philosophy of Religion, C. Stephen EvansPART FOUR: ARGUMENTS ABOUT GOD'S EXISTENCEThe Classical Ontological Argument, St. AnselmCritique of Anselm's Argument, GauniloA Contemporary Modal Version of the Ontological Argument, Alvin PlantingaThe Classical Cosmological Argument, Thomas AquinasThe Cosmological Argument from Contingency, Bruce R. ReichenbachThe Kalam Cosmological Argument, William Lane CraigCritique of the Cosmological Argument, J. L. MackieThe Analogical Teleological Argument, William PaleyCritique of the Analogical Teleological Argument, David Hume* The Anthropic Teleological Argument, Robin Collins* A Moral Argument for God's Existence, C.S. LewisPART FIVE: KNOWING GOD WITHOUT ARGUMENTSThe Reformed Objection to Natural Theology, Alvin PlantingaExperience, Proper Basicality, and Belief in God, Robert PargetterThe Case of the Intellectually Sophisticated Theist, William HaskerPART SIX: THE DIVINE ATTRIBUTESGod's Necessary Existence, John HickNegative Theology, Moses MaimonidesGod Is Omnipotent, Thomas AquinasSome Puzzles Concerning Omnipotence, George I. MavrodesDivine Omniscience and Voluntary Action, Nelson PikeGod Is Timeless, BoethiusGod Is Everlasting, Nicholas WolterstorffAtman Is Brahman, The UpanishadsPART SEVEN: DIVINE ACTIONProvidence: Risky or Risk-Free?, Paul HelmMiddle Knowledge and Classical Christian Thought, David BasingerAn Objection to Middle Knowledge, Robert Merrihew AdamsThe Vulnerability of God, J. R. LucasGod Is Creative-Responsive Love, John B. Cobb and David Ray GriffinPART EIGHT: THE PROBLEM OF EVILEvil Makes a Strong Case against God's Existence, David HumeBest of All Possible Worlds Theodicy, Gottfried LeibnizEvil and Omnipotence, J. L. MackieThe Free Will Defense, Alvin PlantingaSoul-Making Theodicy, John HickThe Evidential Argument from Evil, William RoweHorrendous Evils and the Goodness of God, Marilyn McCord Adams* Evil and Suffering in Islam, Mohammed Ghaly* PART NINE: ATHEISM AND NONRELIGIOUS APPROACHES TO RELIGION* God Is a Projection of Human Nature, Ludwig Feuerbach* Conflicts Between the Divine Attributes, Michael Martin* Pain, Pleasure, and the Evidence for Atheism, Paul Draper* The Naturalist Challenge to Religion, Michael Ruse* The Encounter Between Atheistic Naturalism and Christian Theism, Michael PetersonPART TEN: MIRACLESIs it Possible to Know That Jesus Was Raised from the Dead?, Stephen T. DavisThe Evidence for Miracles Is Weak, David HumeMiracles and Testimony, J. L. MackieMiracles and Historical Evidence, Richard SwinburnePART ELEVEN: LIFE AFTER DEATHThe Soul Survives and Functions after Death, H. H. PriceThe Soul Needs a Brain to Continue to Function, Richard SwinburneProblems with Accounts of Life after Death, Linda BadhamResurrection of the Person, John HickThe Buddhist View of Rebirth, AnonymousA Hindu View of Rebirth, Sri AurobindoPART TWELVE: RELIGION AND SCIENCETwo Separate Domains, Stephen Jay GouldScience Discredits Religion, Richard DawkinsReinstating Design within Science, William DembskiAt the Mercy of Chance?, Phillip Kitcher* Naturalism and Science Are Incompatible, Alvin PlantingaThe Universe as Creation, John PolkinghornePART THIRTEEN: RELIGIOUS DIVERSITYBuddhism and Other Religions, Dalai LamaThe Universality and Uniqueness of Religious Doctrines, Paul GriffithsReligious Inclusivism, Karl RahnerReligious Pluralism, John HickPART FOURTEEN: RELIGION AND MORALITY* The Relation of Good to the Divine Will, PlatoWhich God Ought We to Obey?, Alasdair MacIntyreEthics and Natural Law, Thomas Aquinas* A Confucian View of Morality, Mengzi (Mencius)Ethics Without Religion, Jean-Paul Sartre, Glossary

Editorial Reviews

"Philosophy of Religion is very appropriate for undergraduates. I know of no better text on the market right now. It is without peer."—Stephen C. Law, University of Central Oklahoma

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