Ten Essential Texts in the Philosophy of Religion: Classics and Contemporary Issues / Edition 1

Ten Essential Texts in the Philosophy of Religion: Classics and Contemporary Issues / Edition 1

by Steven M. Cahn
ISBN-10:
0195171004
ISBN-13:
9780195171006
Pub. Date:
08/26/2004
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0195171004
ISBN-13:
9780195171006
Pub. Date:
08/26/2004
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Ten Essential Texts in the Philosophy of Religion: Classics and Contemporary Issues / Edition 1

Ten Essential Texts in the Philosophy of Religion: Classics and Contemporary Issues / Edition 1

by Steven M. Cahn

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Overview

Offering a new approach to teaching the philosophy of religion, this anthology is organized around ten of the most widely read texts in the field. Presented in their entirety, these classics serve as a framework for a variety of accessible contemporary essays that are also included. The book's unique structure gives students the opportunity to study in depth complete historical works while also conveying a sense of how today's philosophers have explored related issues. Editor Steven M. Cahn has annotated each text to clarify all unfamiliar references. He has also provided introductions that contain biographical profiles of the authors and philosophical commentaries on their writings.
Ten Essential Texts in the Philosophy of Religion: Classics and Contemporary Issues may be supplemented by Questions about God: Today's Philosophers Ponder the Divine, a provocative collection of recent articles on the nature of God, edited by Steven M. Cahn and David Shatz (OUP, 2002).

Ten Essential Texts in the Philosophy of Religion includes the following unabridged classic works:

Euthyphro, Plato
The Consolation of Philosophy, Boethius
Proslogion, Anselm; On Behalf of the Fool, Gaunilo: and Reply to Gaunilo, Anselm
Summa Theologiae, Thomas Aquinas
Of Miracles, David Hume
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, David Hume
Concluding Unscientific Postscript, Søren Kierkegaard
The Will to Believe, William James
The Varieties of Religious Experience, William James
Theology and Falsification, Antony Flew, R.M. Hare, and Basil Mitchell

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780195171006
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 08/26/2004
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 528
Product dimensions: 9.20(w) x 6.58(h) x 0.95(d)

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The City University of New York Graduate Center

Table of Contents

, Acknowledgments, Introduction1. Euthyphro, PlatoGod and Moral Autonomy, James Rachels2. The Consolation of Philosophy, BoethiusDivine Omniscience and Voluntary Action, Nelson PikeGod Everlasting, Nicholas Wolterstorff3. Proslogion, Anselm; On Behalf of the Fool, Gaunilo; Reply to Gaunilo, AnselmThe Impossibility of an Ontological Proof of the Existence of God, Immanuel KantThe Ontological Argument, William L. RoweSome Puzzles Concerning Omnipotence, George MavrodesThe Logic of Omnipotence, Harry G. FrankfurtGod and Forgiveness, Anne C. Minas4. Summa Theologiae (I, 1, 2), Thomas AquinasAquinas' Five Proofs, F.C. CoplestonThe Cosmological Argument: A Defense, Richard TaylorThe Cosmological Argument: A Critique, William L. Rowe5. Of Miracles, David HumeMiracles, Richard Swinburne6. Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, David HumeThe Teleological Argument, William PaleyHume on Evil, Nelson PikeThe Problem of Evil, John H. HickThe Problem of Goodness, Steven M. CahnThe Problem of Evil and Some Varieties of Atheism, William L. Rowe7. Concluding Unscientific Postscript (Selection), Søren KierkegaardKierkegaard's Arguments Against Objective Reasoning in Religion, Robert Merrihew AdamsFaith, Richard TaylorFaith and Reason, Michael Scriven8. The Will to Believe, William JamesThe Wager, Blaise PascalPascal's Wager: A Critique, Simon BlackburnThe Ethics of Belief, W.K. CliffordWilliam James and the Will to Believe, Michael MartinThe Reformed Objection to Natural Theology, Alvin PlantingaReligious Beliefs and Basic Beliefs, Michael Martin9. The Varieties of Religious Experience (XVI, XVII), William JamesA Religious Way of Knowing, C.B. MartinReligious Experience as Perception of God, William AlstonReligious Pluralism and Salvation, John H. Hick10. Theology and Falsification, Antony Flew, R.M. Hare, and Basil MitchellThe Problem of Verification, John H. HickLife After Death, Terence PenelhumThe Hiddenness of God, Robert McKimReligion Versus the Religious, John Dewey
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