A Thinker's Guide to the Philosophy of Religion - Brossura

Stairs, Allen

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0321243757 ISBN 13: 9780321243751

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2006

Riassunto

With an approachable, reader-friendly style, A Thinker's Guide to the Philosophy of Religion provides up-to-date themes in contemporary, analytic philosophy of religion. This provocative collection of readings stimulates clear thinking and careful attention to the reasons for taking up views on religious questions.

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A Thinker’s Guide to the Philosophy of Religion
Allen Stairs · Christopher Bernard

With an approachable, reader-friendly style, A Thinker’s Guide to the Philosophy of Religion provides up-to-date themes in contemporary, analytic philosophy of religion. This provocative collection of readings stimulates clear thinking and careful attention to the reasons for taking up views on religious questions.

Features

• The role of personal experience in thinking about religion, alongside the recent assertion that religious belief can be held honorably without argument, appears in a more diverse view of religion as a whole.
• “At a Glance” summaries, in the form of a bulleted list at the end of each chapter, provide a road map to help readers navigate the sometimes confusing arguments surrounding the many topics in the philosophy of religion.
• An extensive glossary of philosophical terms, extending far beyond those that are particular to the philosophy of religion, is included at the end of the text.

Topics Featured in A Thinker’s Guide to the Philosophy of Religion

• Concepts of God
• The Design Argument
• The Cosmological Argument
• The Ontological Argument
• Miracles
• Religious Experience
• Reformed Epistemology
• Faith and Pragmatic Reasons for Belief
• The Argument from Evil
• God and Morality
• Religious Diversity
• God and Language
• Life after Death

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• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0321243757
• ISBN 13: 9780321243751
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 368