Philosophy and the Christian Worldview

David Werther is the Director of the Independent Learning Program at the University of Wisconsin-Extension, USA. He has published articles in Ars Disputandi, The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Philosophia Christi, Religious Studies and Sophia.Mark D. Linville is an independent philosopher based in Atlanta, USA. His articles have appeared in the American Philosophical Quarterly, International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Religious Studies, Faith and Philosophy and Philosophia Christi. He is a contributor to the Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology (2009) and to Four Views of God and Morality (forthcoming, 2012).

"Philosophy and the Christian Worldview is an exciting, rigorous, fresh treatment of a number of important issues that surface in the act of assessing the merits of a Christian worldview.  What impressed me most about the book is its unity and thematic development.  While the book included a number of different authors, they have managed to write as one.  The book moves carefully from the issue of religious pluralism and worldview assessment, to epistemic topics relevant to the topics surfaced in part one.  Given these epistemic considerations, we are then presented with discussions of the relationship between religion and morality and religion and central metaphysical concerns.  This book will make an excellent text for a course in philosophy of religion."  -- JP Moreland, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Biola University, USA and author of Consciousness and the Existence of God (Routledge, 2008)

• ContributorsForward by Paul J. GriffithsIntroductionPart One: Religion and Worldview Assessment1. Is Philosophy of Religion Possible? Keith Yandell2. Religious Pluralism as an Explanation for Religious Diversity Harold Netland3. The Naturalists are Declaring the Glory of God: Discovering Natural Theology in the Unlikeliest Places Paul CopanPart Two: Religion and Epistemology4. Internalism and Properly Basic Belief Matthew Davidson and Gordon Barnes5. In Defense of the Numinous Charles Taliaferro6. Theistic Mystical Experiences, Enlightenment Experiences, & Ineffability William Wainwright7. Hume and Religion: Keith Yandell's Assessments Terence PenelhumPart Three: Religion and Morality8. Why Bertrand Russell Was Not a Moral Realist, Either Mark D Linville9. Christian Theism and the Evidential Argument from Evil Michael L Peterson10. Confucian Sincerity and the Imago Dei Paul ReasonerPart Four: Religion and Metaphysics11. Jaegwon Kim's Rejection of Substance Dualism William Hasker12. Free Will: The Explanatory Approach Noel Hendrickson13. Freedom, Temptation and Incarnation David WertherIndex