Philosophy of Religion: Selected Readings

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 640 pages
• Published by: Oxford University Press, USA
• Edition: 2nd Edition December 14, 2000
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0195135466
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0195135466
• Book Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.5 x 1.2 inches
• Weighs: 2.1 pounds

Product Review
"A fine anthology. The topics and selections are well chosen."--David Detmer, Purdue University, Calumet

"Wonderful collection, well introduced."--Gary J. Bekker, Calvin Theological Seminary

"This provides an informed collection of thinkers in a format that works well with Reason and Religious Belief, 2/e."--Douglas Low, Oakland City University

Product Description
The second edition of this great anthology in the philosophy of religion looks at both the basic classical and a host of contemporary issues. Assuming little or no familiarity with the religious concepts it addresses, it provides a well-balanced and accessible approach to the field. The seventy-one articles cover standard subjects--including religious experience, theistic arguments, the problem of evil, and miracles--as well as topics that have recently gained the attention of philosophers of religion, such as reformed epistemology, the philosophical analysis of theological doctrine, and the kalam theological argument. The collection also discusses topics often requested by instructors but seldom covered in competing texts, including religion and science, religious pluralism, process theism, and religious ethics.
An ideal teaching text, Philosophy of Religion, 2/e, is organized into thirteen thematic sections. Each section begins with a revised introduction and ends with updated suggestions for further reading. While it deals primarily with the Western tradition in the philosophy of religion, this second edition also adds readings representing continental, feminist, and Asian contributions to the field. New selections include essays by Sarah Coakley, the Dalai Lama, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Jay Gould, Lao Tsu, Moses Maimonides, and the Upanishads. Philosophy of Religion, 2/e, functions well as a stand-alone textbook for courses in the philosophy of religion and is readily compatible for use as a primary source reader in conjunction with a secondary text. It is an ideal companion to the editors' textbook, Reason and Religious Belief, 2/e (OUP, 1997), as the two books share the same topical organization.

Reader Reviews
This is one of the best anthologies I've ever found on the issues discussed within Philosophy of Religion. It covers different readings from Saint Teresa of Jesus, St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, up to William Alston, Blaise Pascal, Soren Kierkegaard, C. S. Lwis, John Hick, David Hume, William Rowe among many others. The book selects readings from the following subjects: Religious Experience, Faith and Reason, the attributes of God (the problems of his existence, his omnipotence, his omniscience and its relations with voluntary action, his timelessness, etc), theistic arguments (specially the ontological and cosmological arguments), the problem of evil, knowledge of God, religious language, miracles, among many others. Highly recommended. Comment | | (Report this)