The God of Philosophy : an Introduction to Philosophy of Religion.

✍ Scribed by Roy Jackson

• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 193
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

For centuries philosophers have argued about the existence and nature of God. Do we need God to explain the origins of the universe? Can there be morality without a divine source of goodness? How can God exist when there is so much evil and suffering in the world? All these questions and many more are brought to life with clarity and style in The God of Philosophy. The arguments for and against God''s existence are weighed up, along with discussion of the meaning of religious language, the concept of God and the possibility of life after death. This new edition brings the debate right up to da.  Read more...

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Introduction
1 The concept of God
2 The cosmological argument
3 The teleological argument
4 The ontological argument
5 The moral argument
6 The argument from religious experience
7 Miracles
8 Faith and reason
9 Religious language
10 The problem of evil and the free-will defence
11 Life after death
12 The 'origins' of God and the new atheism
Index.

✦ Subjects

Religion -- Philosophy;Religion -- Philosophie