{"product_id":"a-companion-to-philosophy-of-religion-isbn-9781405163576","title":"A Companion to Philosophy of Religion","description":"In 85 new and updated essays, this comprehensive volume provides an authoritative guide to the philosophy of religion. \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes contributions from established philosophers and rising stars\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e22 new entries have now been added, and all material from the previous edition has been updated and reorganized\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBroad coverage spans the areas of world religions, theism, atheism, , the problem of evil, science and religion, and ethics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Contributors xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xviii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to the Second Edition 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Draper and Charles Taliaferro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Philosophical Issues in the Religions of the World \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Hinduism 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJonardon Ganeri\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Buddhism 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul J. Griffiths\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Chinese Confucianism and Daoism 23\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChad Hansen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 African Religions from a Philosophical Point of View 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKwasi Wiredu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Judaism 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLenn E. Goodman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Christianity 59\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam J. Wainwright\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Philosophy in the Islamic Context 67\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAziz A. Esmail and Azim A. Nanji\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Philosophical Theology and Philosophy of Religion in Western History \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e81\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Ancient Philosophical Theology 83\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKevin L. Flannery\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Christian Contribution to Medieval Philosophical Theology 91\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScott MacDonald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Islamic Contribution to Medieval Philosophical Theology 99\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Burrell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The Jewish Contribution to Medieval Philosophical Theology 106\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTamar Rudavsky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Early Modern Philosophical Theology on the Continent 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDerk Pereboom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Early Modern Philosophical Theology in Great Britain 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeoffrey Gorham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 The Emergence of Modern Philosophy of Religion 133\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMerold Westphal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Philosophy of Religion and Religious Philosophy in the Twentieth Century \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e141\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 American Pragmatism 143\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNancy Frankenberry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Personalism 151\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatricia A. Sayre\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Process Theology 159\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Ray Griffin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Phenomenology and Existentialism 167\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMerold Westphal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Wittgenstein 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Hyman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Thomism 189\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRalph McInerny\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Natural Theology 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrian Hebblethwaite\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 The Reformed Tradition 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNicholas Wolterstorff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 The Jewish Tradition 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert Gibbs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 The Christian East 217\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Valliere\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: The Concept of God \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e225\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Perfect Being Theology 227\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark Owen Webb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Holiness 235\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJacqueline Mariña\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Omnipotence 243\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoshua Hoffman and Gary Rosenkrantz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Omniscience 251\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge I. Mavrodes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Omnipresence 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdward R. Wierenga\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Goodness 263\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Helm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Simplicity 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEleonore Stump\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Eternity 278\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrian Leftow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Necessity 285\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam E. Mann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Incorporeality 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharles Taliaferro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Beauty 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatrick Sherry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Divine Action 308\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas F. Tracy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Creation and Conservation 315\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHugh J. McCann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 Immutability and Impassibility 322\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard E. Creel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 Providence 329\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas P. Flint\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 Pantheism 337\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Levine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 Religious Language 348\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJanet Soskice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: The Justification of Religious Belief \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e357\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 Ontological Arguments 359\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter van Inwagen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43 Cosmological Arguments 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam L. Rowe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44 Teleological and Design Arguments 375\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaura L. Garcia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e45 Moral Arguments 385\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eC. Stephen Evans\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e46 Arguments from Consciousness and Free Will 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStewart Goetz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e47 Miracles 398\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge N. Schlesinger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e48 Religious Experience 405\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKeith E. Yandell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e49 Cumulative Cases 414\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Draper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e50 Pragmatic Arguments 425\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJeffrey Jordan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e51 Tradition 434\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBasil Mitchell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e52 Fideism 441\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTerence Penelhum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI: Challenges to Theistic Belief \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e449\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e53 The Presumption of Atheism 451\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAntony Flew\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e54 The Verificationist Challenge 458\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Martin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e55 Theism and Incoherence 467\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Martin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e56 Foreknowledge and Human Freedom 474\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLinda Zagzebski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e57 The Problem of No Best World 482\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKlaas J. Kraay\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e58 The Logical Problem of Evil 491\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael L. Peterson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e59 The Evidential Problem of Evil 500\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGraham Oppy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e60 Divine Hiddenness 509\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ. L. Schellenberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e61 Naturalistic Explanations of Theistic Belief 519\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKai Nielsen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII: Religion and Science \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e527\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e62 Historical Perspectives on Religion and Science 529\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Hedley Brooke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e63 Theism and Physical Cosmology 539\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam Lane Craig\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e64 Theism and Evolutionary Biology 548\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam Hasker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e65 Theism and the Scientific Understanding of the Mind 557\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert Audi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e66 Theism and Technology 566\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrederick Ferré\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VIII: Religion and Values \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e575\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e67 The Ethics of Religious Commitment 577\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSamantha Corte\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e68 Divine Command Ethics 585\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJanine Marie Idziak\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e69 Natural Law Ethics 593\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert P. George\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e70 Religion, Law, and Politics 598\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul J. Weithman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e71 Theism and Toleration 606\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdward Langerak\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e72 Sin and Original Sin 614\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilip L. Quinn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e73 Atonement, Justification, and Sanctification 622\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn E. Hare\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e74 Resurrection, Heaven, and Hell 630\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJonathan L. Kvanvig\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e75 Reincarnation and Karma 639\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Reasoner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IX: Current Trends and New Directions \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e649\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e76 Theological Realism and Antirealism 651\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoger Trigg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e77 Wittgensteinian Philosophy of Religion 659\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn H. Whittaker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e78 Continental Philosophy of Religion 667\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn D. Caputo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e79 Reformed Epistemology 674\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlvin Plantinga\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e80 Evidentialism 681\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Swinburne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e81 Feminism 689\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSarah Coakley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e82 Philosophical Reflection on Revelation and Scripture 695\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam J. Abraham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e83 Philosophical Reflection on Mysticism 702\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnthony Novak Perovich, Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e84 Religious Pluralism 710\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Hick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e85 Comparative Philosophy of Religion 718\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul J. Griffiths\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResources for Further Study 724\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 726\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“Overall, this work is an effective introduction into an analytical approach to the philosophy of religion, with enough other perspectives included to provide a good starting point for other research. A great textbook for any philosophy of religion or religious studies course, that remains a useful reference point outside of the classroom context.”  (\u003ci\u003ePhilosophy, Religion and Science Book Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, 5 April 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"All in all, specialists and nonspecialists alike will find this guide to the discipline a readily accessible and immensely valuable resource. Summing Up: Essential. Upper-level undergraduates through faculty\/researchers.\" (Choice, 1July 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eCharles Taliaferro\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of philosophy at St. Olaf College and the author or editor of eleven books, including \u003ci\u003eEvidence and Faith: Philosophy and Religion since the Seventeenth Century\u003c\/i\u003e (2005). He is on the editorial board of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Philosophical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy Compass\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSophia\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eReligious Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, and has been a visiting scholar at NYU and Oxford, Princeton, and Columbia Universities.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Draper\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of philosophy at Purdue University and a former president of the Society for Philosophy of Religion. He is the author of the article \"Pain and Pleasure: An Evidential Problem for Theists\" in \u003ci\u003eNous\u003c\/i\u003e (1989) and the editor of \u003ci\u003eGod or Blind Nature? Philosophers Debate the Evidence\u003c\/i\u003e (2007). He is editor of \u003ci\u003ePhilo: A Journal of Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e and serves on the editorial boards of \u003ci\u003eInternational Journal for Philosophy of Religion\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFaith and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilip L. Quinn (1940-2004)\u003c\/b\u003e was John A. O'Brien Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana. He was author of \u003ci\u003eDivine Commands and Moral Requirements\u003c\/i\u003e (1978) and of numerous articles in philosophy of religion, philosophy of science, theoretical physics, religious ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, value theory, political philosophy, and philosophy and literature.\u003c\/p\u003e  In 85 new and updated essays written by an outstanding cast of leading scholars and rising stars in the field, this comprehensive volume provides an authoritative guide to philosophy of religion.  \u003cp\u003eThis extensively revised second edition contains 22 new entries combined with updated and reorganized material from the previous edition. Coverage of the challenges to theism, the justification of theistic belief, and the history of philosophy of religion has been expanded. An entirely new section, “Current Trends and New Directions,” contains 10 entries, including new essays on Wittgensteinian philosophy of religion, continental philosophy of religion, evidentialism, and philosophical reflection on mysticism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEngagingly written in a style that appeals both to the non-specialist and to the professional philosopher, this volume provides a broad survey of the issues in the philosophy of religion and offers an invaluable reference resource which will be referred to again and again.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePraise for the first edition:\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"I must congratulate the editors on the volume. It is very comprehensive - bringing in the different religious traditions of the world and their philosophies, the history of the philosophy of religion, and some of its most modern developments. I think it has got the balance of its articles exactly right, focusing on the modern detailed analytic work, but not neglecting the wider perspective. It is very readable, and the various articles will serve as useful introductions to topics for students; it is a very valuable resource.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eProfessor Swinburne\u003c\/b\u003e, Oriel College, University of Oxford\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A superb collection! The topics are just right: from the religions of the world and currents in recent philosophy of religion to the theistic conception of God and the justification of theistic belief. The writing is authoritative, but also lively and stimulating. The book will be a valuable reference resource for years to come.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eRobert L. Arrington\u003c\/b\u003e, Georgia State University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Blackwell's \u003ci\u003eCompanions to Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e have already established themselves as up-to-date and reliable guides to the central fields within the discipline. This present volume which, offers a remarkably wide-ranging survey of philosophy of religion and philosophical theology in crisp and manageable essays by acknowledged authorities, is no exception.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e—The Tablet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988613611749,"sku":"NP9781405163576","price":64.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405163576.jpg?v=1761780976","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-companion-to-philosophy-of-religion-isbn-9781405163576","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}