Table of Contents

Introduction Chad Meister and Paul Copan Part 1: Philosophical Issues in the World Religions 1. Hinduism Arvind Sharma 2. Buddhism David Burton 3. African Religions Kwasi Wiredu 4. Chinese Religions Chung-ying Cheng 5. Judaism David Shatz 6. Christianity Paul Moser 7. Islam Majid Fakhry Part 2: Key Figures in Philosophy of Religion 8. Augustine Phillip Cary 9. Shankara John M. Koller 10. Ibn Sina/Avicenna Rahim Acar 11. Moses Maimonides/Rambam Jerome Gellman 12. Thomas Aquinas Wayne Hankey 13. Blaise Pascal Michael Moriarty 14. Baruch Spinoza Michael Rosenthal 15. David Hume Terence Penelhum 16. Immanuel Kant Paul Abela 17. Søren Kierkegaard Robert C. Roberts 18. Friedrich Nietzsche Gary Shapiro 19. William James Ruth Anna Putnam Part 3: Religious Diversity 20. Truth in Religion Ian Markham 21. Comparing Rival Religious Systems Keith Yandell 22. Religious Pluralism John Hick 23. Inclusivism and Exclusivism Harold Netland 24. Interreligious Dialogue Gavin D’Costa 25. Non-theistic Conceptions of God Michael Levine 26. Mysticism Among the World’s Religions Louis Dupre 27. Death and the Afterlife Chad Meister Part 4: The Theistic Concept of God 28. Omniscience Linda Zagzebski 29. Omnipotence Joshua Hoffman and Gary Rosenkrantz 30. Omnipresence Edward Wierenga 31. Eternity Alan G. Padgett 32. Incorporeality Oliver Crisp 33. Goodness Michael Beaty 34. Hiddenness Michael Murray and David E. Taylor 35. Creation and Divine Action William Lane Craig Part 5: Arguments For God's Existence 36. The Ontological Argument E. J. Lowe 37. The Cosmological Argument David S. Oderberg 38. The Teleological Argument Robin Collins 39. The Moral Argument Paul Copan 40. The Argument from Mind J. P. Moreland 41. The Wager Argument Joshua Golding Part 6: Arguments Against God's Existence 42. The Problem of Evil Richard Gale 43. Problems with the Concept of God Bede Rundle 44. The Problem of Religious Language Kai Nielsen 45. Problems with Theistic Arguments Keith M. Parsons 46. Science and the Improbability of God Adolf Grünbaum 47. The Socio-biological Account of Religious Belief Michael Ruse Part 7: Philosophical Theology 48. Catholic Philosophical Theology Laura Garcia 49. Eastern Orthodoxy Paul Gavrilyuk 50. Protestant Theology Daniel von Wachter 51. Process Theology John B. Cobb 52. Postmodern Theology Pamela Sue Anderson 53. Theology and Religious Language Peter Byrne Part 8: Christian Theism 54. The Trinity Ronald Feenstra 55. Revelation Ellen Charry 56. Incarnation Thomas D. Senor 57. Resurrection Craig A. Evans 58. Sin and Salvation Gordon Graham 59. Heaven and Hell Jerry Walls 60. Miracles R. Douglas Geivett 61. Faith, Hope, and Doubt Jay Wood 62. Prayer Charles Taliaferro Part 9: Recent Topics in Philosophy of Religion 63. Reformed Epistemology John Greco 64. Religion and Global Ethics Joseph Runzo 65. Feminism Harriet A. Harris 66. Continental Philosophy Jean-Yves Lacoste 67. Phenomenology of Religion Merold Westphal 68. Religious Naturalism Donald A. Crosby 69. New Religious Movements George D. Chryssides 70. Religious Experience Gwen Griffith-Dickson 71. Religion and Science Mikael Stenmark 72. Religion and the Environment Roger Gottlieb 73. Religion and Film Jolyon Mitchell and Frances Henderson. Index

About the Author

Chad Meister is Professor of Philosophy at Bethel College where he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in philosophy of religion. He is author or editor of ten books, including Introducing Philosophy of Religion (Routledge, 2009), The Philosophy of Religion Reader (Routledge, 2008), Christian Thought: An Historical Introduction (Routledge, forthcoming) and The Oxford Handbook of Religious Diversity. He is also Book Review Editor for Philosophia Christi. Paul Copan is the Pledger Family Chair of Philosophy and Ethics at Palm Beach Atlantic University. He has written True for You, But Not for Me (Bethany House) and That's Just Your Interpretation and Other Skeptical Slogans (Baker). He has also edited Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up? (Baker) and co-edited The Rationality of Theism (Routledge), Jesus Resurrection: Fact or Figment? (InterVarsity Press), and Who Was Jesus? A Jewish-Christian Discussion (Word). He has also written various articles and book reviews for journals including Review of Metaphysics, Dialogue, Philosophia Christi, and Perspectives on Science and the Christian Faith.

Reviews

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