Stuart Brown is lecturer in Philosophy at the Open University, UK.

• Includes: I. Life after death: Reading 1. 'Problems about the resurrection of the body' - Linda Badham II. Purpose in the universe: Reading 2. 'Darwinism and the argument from design' - Richard Dawkins Reading 3. 'A modern argument for design' - Russell Stannard Reading 4. 'The argument from conscience' - John Henry Newman Reading 5. 'The problem of evil: the free-will defence' - John Hick Reading 6. 'The problem of animal suffering' - John Hick III. Faith and revelation: Reading 7. 'Miracles and Revelation' - David Hume Reading 8. 'The ethics of belief' - William K.Clifford Reading 9. 'The will to believe' - William James Revision Test Answers to exercises Answers to revision test