The Philosophy of Religion

A Critical Introduction
3. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-5095-1693-3
Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 169 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 519 g

For over twenty years, Beverley Clack and Brian R. Clack's distinctive and thought-provoking introduction to the philosophy of religion has been of enormous value to students and scholars, providing an approach to the subject that is bold and refreshingly alternative.

This revised and updated edition retains the accessibility which makes the book popular, while furthering its distinctive argument regarding the human dimension of religion. The central emphasis of the philosophy of religion – the concept of God, and the arguments for and against God's existence – is reflected in thorough analyses, while alternative approaches to traditional philosophical theism are explored. The treatments of both the miraculous and immortality have been revised and expanded, and the concluding chapter updates the investigation of how philosophy of religion might be conducted in an age defined by religious terrorism.

Clear, systematic and highly critical, the third edition of The Philosophy of Religion will continue to be essential reading for students and scholars of this fascinating and important subject.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Clack, Beverley

Clack, Brian R.

Fachgebiete

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Acknowledgements

1 RELIGIOUS BELIEF AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

I What is Religion?

II Defining the Philosophy of Religion

III Developing the Concept of God

2 NATURAL THEOLOGY

I Arguments for the Existence of God

II The Divine Attributes

III The Human Dimension of Natural Theology

3 CHALLENGES TO THEISM

I Evil

II Natural Histories of Religion

III Religious Language and Verification

4 ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

I The Aims and Practice of Revisionary Theology

II Wittgenstein and the Philosophy of Religion

III Feminism and the Philosophy of Religion

5 MIRACLES AND IMMORTALITY

I Miracles

II Immortality

6 PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION IN AN AGE OF TERROR

I Religious Belief and Terrorism

II Terror, Transience and the Human Animal: A Revised Account of Religion

Conclusion: Seeing the Blossom

Notes

Index

Über Autor(innen)

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

Brian R. Clack is Professor of Philosophy and A. Vassiliadis Director of the Humanities Center at the University of San Diego.