Companion to Philosophy of Religion

Charles Taliaferro is professor of philosophy at St. Olaf College and the author or editor of eleven books, including Evidence and Faith: Philosophy and Religion since the Seventeenth Century (2005). He is on the editorial board of American Philosophical Quarterly, Philosophy Compass, Sophia, and Religious Studies, and has been a visiting scholar at NYU and Oxford, Princeton, and Columbia Universities. Paul Draper is professor of philosophy at Purdue University and a former president of the Society for Philosophy of Religion. He is the author of the article "Pain and Pleasure: An Evidential Problem for Theists" in Nous (1989) and the editor of God or Blind Nature? Philosophers Debate the Evidence (2007). He is editor of Philo: A Journal of Philosophy and serves on the editorial boards of International Journal for Philosophy of Religion and Faith and Philosophy.Philip L. Quinn (1940-2004) was John A. O'Brien Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana. He was author of Divine Commands and Moral Requirements (1978) and of numerous articles in philosophy of religion, philosophy of science, theoretical physics, religious ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, value theory, political philosophy, and philosophy and literature.

“Overall, this work is an effective introduction into an analytical approach to the philosophy of religion, with enough other perspectives included to provide a good starting point for other research. A great textbook for any philosophy of religion or religious studies course, that remains a useful reference point outside of the classroom context.”  (Philosophy, Religion and Science Book Reviews, 5 April 2014)"All in all, specialists and nonspecialists alike will find this guide to the discipline a readily accessible and immensely valuable resource. Summing Up: Essential. Upper-level undergraduates through faculty/researchers." (Choice, 1July 2011)

• List of Contributors xiiiAcknowledgements xviiiIntroduction to the Second Edition 1Paul Draper and Charles TaliaferroPart I: Philosophical Issues in the Religions of the World 31 Hinduism 5Jonardon Ganeri2 Buddhism 13Paul J. Griffiths3 Chinese Confucianism and Daoism 23Chad Hansen4 African Religions from a Philosophical Point of View 34Kwasi Wiredu5 Judaism 44Lenn E. Goodman6 Christianity 59William J. Wainwright7 Philosophy in the Islamic Context 67Aziz A. Esmail and Azim A. NanjiPart II: Philosophical Theology and Philosophy of Religion in Western History 818 Ancient Philosophical Theology 83Kevin L. Flannery9 The Christian Contribution to Medieval Philosophical Theology 91Scott MacDonald10 The Islamic Contribution to Medieval Philosophical Theology 99David Burrell11 The Jewish Contribution to Medieval Philosophical Theology 106Tamar Rudavsky12 Early Modern Philosophical Theology on the Continent 114Derk Pereboom13 Early Modern Philosophical Theology in Great Britain 124Geoffrey Gorham14 The Emergence of Modern Philosophy of Religion 133Merold WestphalPart III: Philosophy of Religion and Religious Philosophy in the Twentieth Century 14115 American Pragmatism 143Nancy Frankenberry16 Personalism 151Patricia A. Sayre17 Process Theology 159David Ray Griffin18 Phenomenology and Existentialism 167Merold Westphal19 Wittgenstein 176John Hyman20 Thomism 189Ralph McInerny21 Natural Theology 196Brian Hebblethwaite22 The Reformed Tradition 204Nicholas Wolterstorff23 The Jewish Tradition 210Robert Gibbs24 The Christian East 217Paul VallierePart IV: The Concept of God 22525 Perfect Being Theology 227Mark Owen Webb26 Holiness 235Jacqueline Mariña27 Omnipotence 243Joshua Hoffman and Gary Rosenkrantz28 Omniscience 251George I. Mavrodes29 Omnipresence 258Edward R. Wierenga30 Goodness 263Paul Helm31 Simplicity 270Eleonore Stump32 Eternity 278Brian Leftow33 Necessity 285William E. Mann34 Incorporeality 292Charles Taliaferro35 Beauty 300Patrick Sherry36 Divine Action 308Thomas F. Tracy37 Creation and Conservation 315Hugh J. McCann38 Immutability and Impassibility 322Richard E. Creel39 Providence 329Thomas P. Flint40 Pantheism 337Michael Levine41 Religious Language 348Janet SoskicePart V: The Justification of Religious Belief 35742 Ontological Arguments 359Peter van Inwagen43 Cosmological Arguments 368William L. Rowe44 Teleological and Design Arguments 375Laura L. Garcia45 Moral Arguments 385C. Stephen Evans46 Arguments from Consciousness and Free Will 392Stewart Goetz47 Miracles 398George N. Schlesinger48 Religious Experience 405Keith E. Yandell49 Cumulative Cases 414Paul Draper50 Pragmatic Arguments 425Jeffrey Jordan51 Tradition 434Basil Mitchell52 Fideism 441Terence PenelhumPart VI: Challenges to Theistic Belief 44953 The Presumption of Atheism 451Antony Flew54 The Verificationist Challenge 458Michael Martin55 Theism and Incoherence 467Michael Martin56 Foreknowledge and Human Freedom 474Linda Zagzebski57 The Problem of No Best World 482Klaas J. Kraay58 The Logical Problem of Evil 491Michael L. Peterson59 The Evidential Problem of Evil 500Graham Oppy60 Divine Hiddenness 509J. L. Schellenberg61 Naturalistic Explanations of Theistic Belief 519Kai NielsenPart VII: Religion and Science 52762 Historical Perspectives on Religion and Science 529John Hedley Brooke63 Theism and Physical Cosmology 539William Lane Craig64 Theism and Evolutionary Biology 548William Hasker65 Theism and the Scientific Understanding of the Mind 557Robert Audi66 Theism and Technology 566Frederick FerréPart VIII: Religion and Values 57567 The Ethics of Religious Commitment 577Samantha Corte68 Divine Command Ethics 585Janine Marie Idziak69 Natural Law Ethics 593Robert P. George70 Religion, Law, and Politics 598Paul J. Weithman71 Theism and Toleration 606Edward Langerak72 Sin and Original Sin 614Philip L. Quinn73 Atonement, Justification, and Sanctification 622John E. Hare74 Resurrection, Heaven, and Hell 630Jonathan L. Kvanvig75 Reincarnation and Karma 639Paul ReasonerPart IX: Current Trends and New Directions 64976 Theological Realism and Antirealism 651Roger Trigg77 Wittgensteinian Philosophy of Religion 659John H. Whittaker78 Continental Philosophy of Religion 667John D. Caputo79 Reformed Epistemology 674Alvin Plantinga80 Evidentialism 681Richard Swinburne81 Feminism 689Sarah Coakley82 Philosophical Reflection on Revelation and Scripture 695William J. Abraham83 Philosophical Reflection on Mysticism 702Anthony Novak Perovich, Jr.84 Religious Pluralism 710John Hick85 Comparative Philosophy of Religion 718Paul J. GriffithsResources for Further Study 724Index 726