Analytic Philosophy of ReligionSpringer Science & Business Media, 2002 M05 31 - 432 páginas When Gene Long, editor of Kluwer's Handbook of Contemporary Philosophy of Religion Series, first invited me to write the volume on Analytic Philosophy of Religion, I accepted with great enthusiasm. My only explanation for that enthusiasm now is that I was younger and more naive at the time. Soon after starting work on the volume, my enthusiasm was dampened by the daunting magnitude of the task. I began as a sprinter and quickly settled into the pace of a long-distance runner. Although I considered myself well read in the subject, I soon discovered that I had a great deal of research to do to be confident that I had considered all of the major contributions to the various discussions, issues, and of religion. As I read more and more problems found within analytic philosophy books and articles, I realized that I had rushed into a territory already well trodden by the angels. I am greatly impressed by the sophistication and subtlety of philosophical argument that characterize the different debates in contemporary analytic philosophy of religion. This volume covers a vast amount of material. I have endeavored to provide the fairest possible reading of different authors, and, in cases where I include my own critical evaluations and develop my own positions, I have endeavored to provide the strongest possible interpretations of the positions I criticize. |
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The Rise of Analytic Philosophy of Religion | 1 |
II The Problem of Religious Language | 28 |
III The Nature of God and Arguments for the Existence of God | 77 |
IV Religious Experience and Religious Epistemology | 141 |
V Religion and Science | 194 |
Evil and Suffering | 234 |
Humanism Naturalism and Atheism | 278 |
VIII Religion and Ethics | 330 |
IX The Problem of Religious Pluralism | 374 |
X Summary And Conclusion | 413 |
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