Evidence and Religious Belief

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-960371-8
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 166 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 496 g

Brand-new work in the hot topic of philosophy of religion
Features essays by leading scholars in the field
Addresses the crucial question of the role of evidence in religious belief
Explores a range of contemporary arguments that push the debate in new directions
Will interest theologians as well as philosophers

A fundamental question in philosophy of religion is whether religious belief must be based on evidence in order to be properly held. In recent years two prominent positions on this issue have been staked out: evidentialism, which claims that proper religious belief requires evidence; and Reformed epistemology, which claims that it does not. Evidence and Religious Belief contains eleven chapters by prominent philosophers which push the discussion in new directions. The volume has three parts. The first part explores the demand for evidence: some chapters object to it while others seek to restate it or find space for compromise between Reformed epistemology and evidentialism. The second part explores ways in which beliefs are related to evidence; that is, ways in which the evidence for or against religious belief that is available to a person can depend on that person's background beliefs and other circumstances. The third part contains chapters that discuss actual evidence for and against religious belief. Evidence for belief in God includes the so-called common consent of the human race and the way that such belief makes sense of the moral life; evidence against it includes profound puzzles about divine freedom which suggest that it is impossible for a being to be morally perfect.

Zielgruppe

Philosophers of religion and theologians.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Clark, Kelly James

VanArragon, Raymond J.

Fachgebiete

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
I: Exploring the Demand for Evidence
1: James Ross: Willing Belief and Rational Faith
2: Linda Zagzebski: Epistemic Self-Trust and the Consensus Gentium Argument
3: C. Stephen Evans: Religious Experience and the Question of Whether Belief in God Requires Evidence
4: Chris Tucker: Phenomenal Conservatism and Evidentialism in Religious Epistemology
II: The Relation of Beliefs to Evidence
5: William Wainwright: Theistic Proofs, Person Relativity, and the Rationality of Religious Belief
6: E. J. Coffman and Jeff Cervantez: Hiddenness, Evidence, and Idolatry
7: Thomas M. Crisp: An Evolutionary Objection to the Argument from Evil
III: Evidence and Religious Belief
8: Thomas Kelly: Consensus Gentium: Reflections on the 'Common Consent' Argument for the Existence of God
9: Kelly James Clark and Andrew Samuel: Motivating Morality
10: William Rowe: Divine Perfection and Freedom
11: William Hasker: The Many Gods of Hick and Mavrodes
John Hick: Response to Hasker
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

VanArragon, Raymond J.
Raymond J. VanArragon is Associate Professor and Chair of the Philosophy Department at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is author of Key Terms in Philosophy of Religion (Continuum), co-editor of Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Religion (Blackwell), and has published articles in philosophy of religion and epistemology.

Clark, Kelly James
Kelly James Clark is Professor of Philosophy at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is the author and editor of over fifty articles and fifteen books including The Story of Ethics (Prentice-Hall), Return to Reason (Eerdmans), and Children of Abraham (forthcoming).

Edited by Kelly James Clark, Calvin College, Michigan, and Raymond J. VanArragon, Bethel University, Minnesota

Kelly James Clark is Professor of Philosophy at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is the author and editor of over fifty articles and fifteen books including The Story of Ethics (Prentice-Hall), Return to Reason (Eerdmans), and Children of Abraham (forthcoming).

Raymond J. VanArragon is Associate Professor and Chair of the Philosophy Department at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is author of Key Terms in Philosophy of Religion (Continuum), co-editor of Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Religion (Blackwell), and has published articles in philosophy of religion and epistemology.

Contributors:
Jeff Cervantez - University of Tennessee
Kelly James Clark, Calvin College
E. J. Coffman, University of Tennessee
Thomas M. Crisp, Biola University
C. Stephen Evans, Baylor University
William Hasker, Huntington University, emeritus
John Hick, Claremont Graduate University, emeritus
Thomas Kelly, Princeton University
James Ross, Pennsylvania University
William Rowe, Purdue University
Andrew Samuel, Loyola University, Maryland
Chris Tucker, University of Auckland
Raymond J. VanArragon (editor), Bethel University
William Wainwright, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Linda Zagzebski, University of Oklahoma