Philosophy of Religion

A Critical Introduction
2. Revised, Expanded Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-7456-3867-6
Verlag: Polity Press

Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 572 g

Diese Einführung wendet sich primär an Studierende der ersten Semester und präsentiert auch alternative Zugänge (z. B. zum Verhältnis von Feminismus und Religionsphilosophie). Die Autoren sind Universitätsdozenten für Religionsphilosophie bzw. Philosophie.

Zielgruppe

First year undergraduate students and onwards of the philosophy of religion. This book also gets used at A level.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Clack, Beverley

Clack, Brian R

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to 2008 edition.

Preface to first edition.

Acknowledgements.

Chapter 1: Religious Belief and the Philosophy of Religion.

I What is Religion?

II The Philosophy of Religion.

III Developing the Concept of God.

Chapter 2: Natural Theology.

I Arguments for the Existence of God.

II The Divine Attributes.

III The Human Dimension of Natural Theology.

Chapter 3: Challenges to Theism.

I Evil.

II Natural Histories of Religion.

III Religious Language and Verification.

Chapter 4: Alternative Approaches to the Philosophy of Religion.

I Revisionary Accounts of God.

II Wittgenstein and the Philosophy of Religion.

III Feminism and the Philosophy of Religion.

Chapter 5: Divine Action and Beyond.

I Miracles.

II Immortality.

Chapter 6: Philosophy of Religion in an Age of Terror.

I Religious Belief and Terrorism.

II Terror, Transience and the Human Animal: Towards a Humanist Revision of Religion.

Über Autor(innen)

Beverley Clack is Reader in Philosophy of Religion at Oxford Brookes University.

Brian Clack is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of San Diego.