{"product_id":"readings-in-philosophy-of-religion-isbn-9781405180917","title":"Readings in Philosophy of Religion","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis anthology offers a comprehensive historical introduction to the central questions of philosophy of religion. Approximately two-thirds of the selections are from ancient, medieval, and modern sources, helping students to understand and engage the rich traditions of reflection on these timeless questions. The remaining contemporary readings introduce students to the more recent developments in the field. Each of the thematically arranged sections begins with an editor's introduction to clarify the central issues and positions presented in the readings that follow.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTopics include:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003etraditional theistic arguments\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ereligious experience and revelation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003efideism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003enaturalistic approaches to religious belief\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe divine attributes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003efate, freedom, and foreknowledge\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe connection between religion and morality\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe problem of evil\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003edeath and immortality\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ereligious diversity\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003efaith, reason, and the ethics of belief\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003escience and religion.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe text can be used alone or in conjunction with a secondary text in philosophy of religion such as Zagzebski's \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy of Religion: An Historical Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 2007).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI The Philosophical Treatment of Religion \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Nature of the Gods, Book 1 7\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCicero\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eII Classical Arguments for Theism \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e19\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Teleological Arguments \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e23\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Design Argument 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCicero\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Fifth Way 27\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas Aquinas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Watch and the Watchmaker 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam Paley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Critique of the Design Argument 31\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Hume\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Teleological Argument 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobin Collins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Argument from the Appearance of Design 51\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ. J. C. Smart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eB Cosmological Arguments \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e55\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Plato’s Cosmological Argument 57\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlato\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Eternality of Motion and the Unmoved Mover 62\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAristotle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Kal\u003ci\u003ea\u003c\/i\u003em Cosmological Argument 66\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAl-GhazAli\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Existence and Oneness of God 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoses Maimonides\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The First Three Ways 71\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas Aquinas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Argument from Dependent Beings 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSamuel Clarke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Critique of the Cosmological Argument 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Hume\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eC Ontological Arguments \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e79\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Anselm’s Ontological Argument 81\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnselm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Descartes’s Ontological Argument 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRené Descartes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Kant’s Critique of the Three Traditional Proofs 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eImmanuel Kant\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Ontological Argument 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlvin Plantinga\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII Other Approaches to Religious Belief \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e113\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Experience and Revelation as Grounds for Religious Belief \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e117\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Numinous 119\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRudolf Otto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Mysticism and Religious Experience 123\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam J. Wainwright\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Existence of God and the Existence of Homer: Rethinking Theism and Revelatory Claims 137\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSandra Menssen and Thomas D. Sullivan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eB Fideism \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e151\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Truth is Subjectivity 153\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSøren Kierkegaard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Kierkegaard’s Arguments against Objective Reasoning in Religion 157\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert M. Adams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Lectures on Religious Belief 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLudwig Wittgenstein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eC Naturalistic Re-interpretations of Religious Belief \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e175\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Origin of Religion 177\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Hume\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Essence of Religion in General 183\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLudwig Feuerbach\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Future of an Illusion 187\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSigmund Freud\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIV Who or What is God? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e191\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 On Being 195\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMelissus of Samos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Final Cause 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAristotle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Divine Darkness 201\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Perfect Being 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnselm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 On the Trinity 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard of St Victor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Omnipotence 213\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Geach\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Omniscience and Immutability 223\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorman Kretzmann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Atemporal Personhood 231\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam L. Craig\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eV Fate, Freedom, and Foreknowledge \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e237\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Sea Battle Argument 241\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAristotle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 \u003ci\u003eOn Fate \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eOn Divination \u003c\/i\u003e244\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCicero\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 God’s Timeless Knowing 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoethius\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Ockham on God’s Foreknowledge, and Future Contingents 251\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarilyn Adams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Middle Knowledge 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam Hasker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVI Religion and Morality \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e265\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Is Religion Needed for Morality? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e269\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 God is the Measure of All Things 271\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlato\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Moral Argument for the Existence of God 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eImmanuel Kant\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eB Divine Command Theory and Divine Motivation Theory \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e277\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Euthyphro Dilemma 279\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlato\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Questions on the Books of the Sentences 283\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePierre d’Ailly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Lectures on Romans 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartin Luther\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Divine Commands 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert M. Adams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Virtues of God and the Foundations of Ethics 299\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLinda Zagzebski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eC Natural Law \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e311\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Selections from \u003ci\u003eTreatise on Law \u003c\/i\u003e313\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas Aquinas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVII The Problem of Evil \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e319\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 321\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 God is Not the Author of Evil 323\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlato\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 On the Anger of God 325\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLactantius\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 That Which Is, Is Good 327\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAugustine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 On the Free Choice of the Will 329\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAugustine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Formal Summary of the Theodicy 332\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGottfried Leibniz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Myth of the Goddess Pallas 339\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGottfried Leibniz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Evil and Omnipotence 342\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ. L. Mackie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Free Will Defense 350\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlvin Plantinga\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Soul-making Theodicy 369\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Hick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Friendly Atheism, Skeptical Theism, and the Problem of Evil 380\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam L. Rowe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Horrendous Evils and the Goodness of God 389\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarilyn Adams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVIII Death and Immortality \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e399\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 401\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Is Death Bad? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e403\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Death is Nothing to Us 405\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEpicurus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Death 407\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas Nagel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eB Life after Death \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e413\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Separation of the Soul from the Body 415\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlato\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Future Life 417\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAverroes (Ibn Rushd)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Possibility of Immortality 420\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRené Descartes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Personal Identity and Consciousness 422\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Locke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Do We Survive Death? 427\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBertrand Russell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Religious and Near-death Experience in Relation to Belief in a Future Life 430\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Badham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIX The Diversity of Religions \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e441\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 443\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Religious Pluralism and Salvation 445\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Hick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Bodhgaya Interview (1981) 455\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dalai Lama\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Christianity and the Non-Christian Religions 459\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKarl Rahner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Self-trust and the Diversity of Religions 465\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLinda Zagzebski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eX Faith, Reason, and the Ethics of Belief \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e475\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 477\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Faith and Reason \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e479\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 How Justin Found Philosophy 481\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJustin Martyr\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Prescriptions against the Heretics 487\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTertullian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 In What Respect Philosophy Contributes to the Comprehension of Divine Truth 490\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eClement of Alexandria\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Decisive Treatise, Determining the Nature of the Connection between Religion and Philosophy 492\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAverroes (Ibn Rushd)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Faith and Reason 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas Aquinas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Belief in God is Natural 501\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Calvin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Faith, Reason, and Enthusiasm 504\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Locke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Return to Reason: The Irrationality of Evidentialism 515\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKelly James Clark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eB Pragmatism and the Ethics of Belief \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e533\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Wager 535\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlaise Pascal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Pascalian Wagering 538\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas V. Morris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Ethics of Belief 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eW. K. Clifford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Will to Believe 549\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam James\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXI Science, Religion, and Naturalism \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e559\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 561\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Miracles \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e563\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Miracles 565\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas Aquinas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 A Discourse of Miracles 567\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Locke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Of Miracles 572\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Hume\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 David Hume and the Probability of Miracles 583\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge I. Mavrodes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eB Science, Religion, and Naturalism \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e595\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Letter to Castelli 597\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGalileo Galilei\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Signs of Intelligence 602\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam A. Dembski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Atheism and Evolution 614\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniel C. Dennett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Darwin, Design, and Divine Providence 624\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn F. Haught\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 How Naturalism Implies Skepticism 636\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlvin Plantinga\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand: Plantinga on the Self-defeat of Evolutionary Naturalism 648\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimothy O’Connor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLINDA ZAGZEBSKI\u003c\/b\u003e is the George Lynn Cross Research Professor of Philosophy and Kingfisher College Chair of the Philosophy of Religion and Ethics at the University of Oklahoma. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eDivine Motivation Theory\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), \u003ci\u003eThe Dilemma of Freedom and Foreknowledge\u003c\/i\u003e (1991), \u003ci\u003eVirtues of the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy of Religion: An Historical Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007), and \u003ci\u003eOn Epistemology\u003c\/i\u003e (2008).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTIMOTHY D. MILLER\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"What distinguishes this anthology from others is editors trained in modern philosophy and adept at its strategies, who have come to learn from classical traditions as well, to reflect that breadth and depth in their selections. Their ability to range from 'ancient to contemporary' will enlighten current students, as will their adroit way of introducing the various topics in philosophical inquiry into questions of faith.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eDavid Burrell, C.S.C, University of Notre Dame\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A well-crafted collection that admirably represents the central issues in philosophy of religion. Miller and Zagzebski provide a deep, persuasive yet readable treatment of the subject. I enthusiastically recommend it.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eJ. P. Moreland, Talbot School of Theology, Biola University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis anthology offers a comprehensive historical introduction to the central questions of philosophy of religion. Approximately two-thirds of the selections are from ancient, medieval, and modern sources, helping students to understand and engage the rich traditions of reflection on these timeless questions. The remaining contemporary readings introduce students to the more recent developments in the field. Each of the thematically arranged sections begins with an editor’s introduction to clarify the central issues and positions presented in the readings that follow.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTopics include:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003etraditional theistic arguments\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ereligious experience and revelation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003efideism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003enaturalistic approaches to religious belief\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe divine attributes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003efate, freedom, and foreknowledge\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe connection between religion and morality\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe problem of evil\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003edeath and immortality\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ereligious diversity\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003efaith, reason, and the ethics of belief\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003escience and religion\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe text can be used alone or in conjunction with a secondary text in philosophy of religion such as Zagzebski’s \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy of Religion: An Historical Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007).\u003c\/p\u003e  \"What distinguishes this anthology from others is editors trained in modern philosophy and adept at its strategies, who have come to learn from classical traditions as well, to reflect that breadth and depth in their selections. Their ability to range from “ancient to contemporary” will enlighten current students, as will their adroit way of introducing the various topics in philosophical inquiry into questions of faith.\"\u003cbr\u003e –\u003cb\u003eDavid Burrell,\u003c\/b\u003e C.S.C, University of Notre Dame  \u003cp\u003e\"A well-crafted collection that admirably represents the central issues in Philosophy of religion. Zagzebski and Miller provide a deep, persuasive yet readable treatment of the subject. I enthusiastically recommend it.\"\u003cbr\u003e –\u003cb\u003eJ.P. 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