Exploring the Philosophy of Religion
8th Edition
Published on 28. February 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-0-205-94753-9 (ISBN)
Description
Examines How Religion Intertwines with Philosophy
Exploring the Philosophy of Religion, 8/e, introduces students to the philosophical issues raised by religion. This titlecombines the best features of a textbook and reader, coupling clear analysis with important primary-source readings.
MySearchLab is a part of the Stewart program. Additional online readings enhance the material found in the printed book. To provide students with flexibility, students can download the eText to a tablet using the free Pearson eText app.
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Exploring the Philosophy of Religion, 8/e, introduces students to the philosophical issues raised by religion. This titlecombines the best features of a textbook and reader, coupling clear analysis with important primary-source readings.
MySearchLab is a part of the Stewart program. Additional online readings enhance the material found in the printed book. To provide students with flexibility, students can download the eText to a tablet using the free Pearson eText app.
NOTE: MySearchLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase the text with MySearchLab, order the package ISBN:
0205987206/ 9780205987207 Exploring the Philosophy of Religion Plus NEW MySearchLab with eText -- Access Card Package
Package consists of:
0205239927 / 9780205239924 MySearchLab with Pearson eText -- Valuepack Access Card
0205947530 / 9780205947539 Exploring the Philosophy Religion
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Edition
8th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-205-94753-9 (9780205947539)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
David Stewart
Exploring the Philosophy of Religion
Book
09/2016
7th Edition
Routledge
€133.90
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Person
David Stewart is Trustee Professor Emeritus of philosophy, Ohio University. He taught philosophy and religion at Ohio for over thirty years and is co-author of Fundamentals of Philosophy, also published by Pearson.
Content
In this section:
1. Brief Table of Contents
2. Detailed Table of Contents
BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Chapter 1. The Varieties of Religious Experience
Chapter 2. Religion and Life
Chapter 3. Religion and Human Destiny
Chapter 4. Arguments for God's Existence
Chapter 5. The Problem of Evil
Chapter 6. Faith and Reason
Chapter 7. Religion and Current Issues
DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Chapter 1. The Varieties of Religious Experience
Introduction: Philosophy and Religion
Mystical Experience
Mysticism, William James
Intuitive Ways of Knowing
Personal Experiences of God, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Critique of Mysticism
The Core of Religion, Walter Kaufman
Varieties of Religious Understanding
The Pluralistic Hypothesis, John Hick
Retrospective: Religious Experience
Chapter 2. Religion and Life
Introduction: Religion And Life
Life's Goal Is to Obey God's Will
Moral Obligation, William Paley
Life's Goal Is to Achieve Greatness
The Joyful Wisdom, Friedrich Nietzsche
Life Is Not Meaningful Without God
A Confession, Leo Tolstoy
Life Is Meaningful Without God
Ethics Without Religion, Kai Nielsn
Retrospective: Religion and Life
Chapter 3. Religion and Human Destiny
Introduction: Religion and Death
The Immortality of the Soul
Phaedo, Plato
The Finality of Death
Letter to Menoeceus, Epicurus
The Hope for Resurrection
Human Destiny: Immortality and Resurrection, John Hick
Death in Buddhism
The Doctrine of No-Soul: Anatta, Walpola Rahula
Retrospective: Religion and Death
Chapter 4. Arguments for God's Existence
Introduction: The Existence of God
The Ontological Argument
The Most Perfect Being, Rene Descartes
The Cosmological Arguments
The Kalm Cosmological Argument, William Lane Craig
The Design Argument
Natural Theology, William Paley
The Moral Argument
God as a Postulate of Practical Reason, Immanuel Kant
Retrospective: The Existence of God
Chapter 5: The Problem of Evil
Introduction: God and Evil
Evil and the Power of God
Divine Omnipotence, C.S. Lewis
Theodicy in Process Thought
God in Process, David Ray Griffin
Karma and Evil
Karma in Hindu Thought, Wendy Doniger
The "Vale of Soul-Making" Theodicy
Evil and the God of Love, John Hick
Retrospective: God and Evil
Chapter 6. Faith and Reason
Introduction: Opinion, Belief, and Knowledge
Belief and Falsification
The Falsification Debate, Antony Flew, R.M. Hare, and Basil Mitchell
Will and Belief
The Will to Believe, William James
No Rational Basis for Faith
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, David Hume
The Leap of Faith
Objective and Subjective Reflections, Soren Kierkegaard
Retrospective: Faith And Reason
Chapter 7. Religion and Current Issues
Introduction: Religion and Society
Religion and Government
A Letter Concerning Toleration, John Locke
Religion and Women
The Female Nature of God, Rosemary Radford Ruether
Religion and World Origins
Creative Evolution, Henri Bergson
Religion and Human Origins
Life's Dominion, Ronald Dworkin
Retrospective: Religion and Current Issues
1. Brief Table of Contents
2. Detailed Table of Contents
BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Chapter 1. The Varieties of Religious Experience
Chapter 2. Religion and Life
Chapter 3. Religion and Human Destiny
Chapter 4. Arguments for God's Existence
Chapter 5. The Problem of Evil
Chapter 6. Faith and Reason
Chapter 7. Religion and Current Issues
DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Chapter 1. The Varieties of Religious Experience
Introduction: Philosophy and Religion
Mystical Experience
Mysticism, William James
Intuitive Ways of Knowing
Personal Experiences of God, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Critique of Mysticism
The Core of Religion, Walter Kaufman
Varieties of Religious Understanding
The Pluralistic Hypothesis, John Hick
Retrospective: Religious Experience
Chapter 2. Religion and Life
Introduction: Religion And Life
Life's Goal Is to Obey God's Will
Moral Obligation, William Paley
Life's Goal Is to Achieve Greatness
The Joyful Wisdom, Friedrich Nietzsche
Life Is Not Meaningful Without God
A Confession, Leo Tolstoy
Life Is Meaningful Without God
Ethics Without Religion, Kai Nielsn
Retrospective: Religion and Life
Chapter 3. Religion and Human Destiny
Introduction: Religion and Death
The Immortality of the Soul
Phaedo, Plato
The Finality of Death
Letter to Menoeceus, Epicurus
The Hope for Resurrection
Human Destiny: Immortality and Resurrection, John Hick
Death in Buddhism
The Doctrine of No-Soul: Anatta, Walpola Rahula
Retrospective: Religion and Death
Chapter 4. Arguments for God's Existence
Introduction: The Existence of God
The Ontological Argument
The Most Perfect Being, Rene Descartes
The Cosmological Arguments
The Kalm Cosmological Argument, William Lane Craig
The Design Argument
Natural Theology, William Paley
The Moral Argument
God as a Postulate of Practical Reason, Immanuel Kant
Retrospective: The Existence of God
Chapter 5: The Problem of Evil
Introduction: God and Evil
Evil and the Power of God
Divine Omnipotence, C.S. Lewis
Theodicy in Process Thought
God in Process, David Ray Griffin
Karma and Evil
Karma in Hindu Thought, Wendy Doniger
The "Vale of Soul-Making" Theodicy
Evil and the God of Love, John Hick
Retrospective: God and Evil
Chapter 6. Faith and Reason
Introduction: Opinion, Belief, and Knowledge
Belief and Falsification
The Falsification Debate, Antony Flew, R.M. Hare, and Basil Mitchell
Will and Belief
The Will to Believe, William James
No Rational Basis for Faith
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, David Hume
The Leap of Faith
Objective and Subjective Reflections, Soren Kierkegaard
Retrospective: Faith And Reason
Chapter 7. Religion and Current Issues
Introduction: Religion and Society
Religion and Government
A Letter Concerning Toleration, John Locke
Religion and Women
The Female Nature of God, Rosemary Radford Ruether
Religion and World Origins
Creative Evolution, Henri Bergson
Religion and Human Origins
Life's Dominion, Ronald Dworkin
Retrospective: Religion and Current Issues