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1 online resource (viii, 172 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Key concepts in philosophy
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Key concepts in philosophy.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-167) and index. |
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1. Introduction : the God question -- Is your worldview reasonable? -- Some terminology -- Faith and reason -- 2. First cause and design -- Kalãm cosmological argument -- St. Thomas's version of the cosmological argument -- Teleological argument -- Anthropic argument from design -- 3. Necessary being, morality and miracles -- Ontological argument -- God and morality -- Argument from miracles -- 4. What is God like? -- Classical view of God -- Challenges to the classical view -- God's omnipotence -- God's omniscience -- A note on Eastern views of God -- 5. God and evil -- Evil, and the problem of evil -- Problems of evil : logical, evidential, existential -- Evidential problem of evil -- Theistic replies : the free-will defence -- Explaining evil within theism -- Augustinian and Irenaean theodicies. |
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6. Religious experience and God -- What is a religious experience? -- Two types of argument from religious experience -- Contemporary argument : reformed epistemology -- John Hick on religious experience -- 7. Religion and science -- Galileo affair -- Atheism, naturalism and science -- Theory of evolution -- Evidence for evolution -- Evolution, religion and creationism -- Is evolution a threat to religious belief? -- Mind, soul and immortality -- 8. Religious diversity : is there a true religion? -- Religious exclusivism -- Religious pluralism -- Religious inclusivism -- Notes -- Guide to further reading -- Index. |
| Summary |
The philosophy of religion is a core area in the study of philosophy, as well as being a subject of growing contemporary interest.€ It encompasses some of the major and most complex philosophical questions. Does God exist? What is God's nature? Why does God allow evil? What is a religious experience? Are religion and science compatible? What relevance does evolution have for religious belief? It also covers questions concerning the challenge of religious pluralism, a topic of great contemporary relevance. Written with the specific needs of students new to philosophy in mind, Religion: Key. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Religion -- Philosophy.
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Religion -- Philosophy. |
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Electronic books.
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Lehrbuch.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sweetman, Brendan. Religion. London ; New York : Continuum, ©2007 9780826486264 (DLC) 2007281309 (OCoLC)77012767 |
| ISBN |
9781441197061 (electronic book) |
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1441197060 (electronic book) |
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9780826486264 |
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0826486266 |
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9780826486271 |
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0826486274 |
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