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Philosophy and the Christian Worldview

Analysis, Assessment and Development

Philosophy and the Christian Worldview

Analysis, Assessment and Development

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN: 9781623567675
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 16/01/2014
Width: 15.6 cm
Height: 23.4 cm

Philosophy and the Christian Worldview is a collection of new essays written by fifteen philosophers of religion. Bringing together some of the leading lights in current academic philosophy of religion, including William Hasker, Charles Taliaferro and Keith Yandell, it offers a fresh perspective on four major areas of discussion: Religion and Epistemology; Religion and Morality; Religion and Metaphysics; and Religion and Worldview Assessment.

United by the argument that the core claims of religion have metaphysical, epistemic and moral entailments, these essays represent a state of the art discussion in contemporary philosophy of religion.

Contributors
Forward by Paul J. Griffiths
Introduction

Part One: Religion and Worldview Assessment
1. Is Philosophy of Religion Possible?
Keith Yandell
2. Religious Pluralism as an Explanation for Religious Diversity
Harold Netland
3. The Naturalists are Declaring the Glory of God: Discovering Natural Theology in the Unlikeliest Places
Paul Copan

Part Two: Religion and Epistemology
4. Internalism and Properly Basic Belief
Matthew Davidson and Gordon Barnes
5. In Defense of the Numinous
Charles Taliaferro
6. Theistic Mystical Experiences, Enlightenment Experiences, & Ineffability
William Wainwright
7. Hume and Religion: Keith Yandell's Assessments
Terence Penelhum

Part Three: Religion and Morality
8. Why Bertrand Russell Was Not a Moral Realist, Either
Mark D Linville
9. Christian Theism and the Evidential Argument from Evil
Michael L Peterson
10. Confucian Sincerity and the Imago Dei
Paul Reasoner

Part Four: Religion and Metaphysics
11. Jaegwon Kim's Rejection of Substance Dualism
William Hasker
12. Free Will: The Explanatory Approach
Noel Hendrickson
13. Freedom, Temptation and Incarnation
David Werther
Index

Dr David Werther, Dr Mark D. Linville

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) "The editors have aptly assembled an impressive array of Christian philosophers to honor Professor Keith Yandell's remarkable contributions to the philosophy of religion. The contributors, including Yandell himself, rigorously assess various truth claims pertaining to religious beliefs, and in so doing, provide some significant rational support for the truth of the Christian worldview." - Douglas Groothius, Professor of Philosophy at Denver Seminary and the author of Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith. All the essays are lucid and provocative. Each rewards close attention. All exhibit attributes that are associated with the analytic style: clarity and finely worked analytic reasoning. Some, in particular Wainwright's and Reasoner's chapters, treat with sympathy and care religious traditions other than Christianity. -- James Kellenberger, California State University, Northridge NDPR Every essay offers clear and interesting discussions on a wide variety of topics within philosophy of religion and theology. Werther and Linville have done a fine job at bringing together these contributors to offer a careful analysis and development of the Christian worldview while at the same time engaging in cross-cultural assessment. This book deserves a close read from philosophers and theologians. -- R.T. Mullins, University of St Andrews (Scotland, UK) Themelios