Companion to Philosophy of Religion

In over 78 newly-commissioned essays, this outstanding volume provides a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the philosophy of religion. Written by many of today's leading figures, the volume surveys philosophical issues in the religions of the world, philosophical thought about religion in Western history, and important currents in twentieth-century philosophy of religion. Theism is treated systematically in discussions of religious language, the concept of God, arguments for and against theistic belief, and its relations to other aspects of culture, such as science and values. A final section on new directions in philosophy of religion explores feminism, religious pluralism, and comparative philosophy of religion. This volume will stand for many years to come as the standard reference resource for students and specialists alike.

Philip L. Quinn is John A. O'Brien Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, and was previously William Herbert Perry Faunce Professor of Philosophy at Brown University, Rhode Island. He is author of Divine Commands and Moral Requirements (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. He has served as editor of the journal Faith and Philosophy (1990-5); as President of the Central Division of the American Philosophical Association (1994-5); and as Chair of the National Board of Officers of the American Philosophical Association (1995-9).

Charles Taliaferro is Associate Professor of Philosophy at St Olaf College, Minnesota. He was Visiting Scholar at Oriel College, Oxford, and has taught at Brown University, the University of Massachusetts, and the University of Notre Dame, Indiana. He is the author of Consciousness and the Mind of God (1994) and Contemporary Philosophy of Religion (Blackwell Publishers, 1997), and numerous papers in philosophy of religion, metaphysics, and ethics.

Acknowledgments

xii

List of contributors

xiii

Introduction

1

(6)

Philip L. Quinn

Charles Taliaferro

PART I: PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES IN THE RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD

Hinduism

7

(8)

Ninian Smart

Buddhism

15

(10)

Paul J. Griffiths

Chinese Confucianism and Daoism

25

(9)

Chad Hansen

African religions from a philosophical point of view

34

(9)

Kwasi Wiredu

Judaism

43

(13)

Lenn E. Goodman

Christianity

56

(8)

William J. Wainwright

Islam

64

(9)

Azim A. Nanji

Aziz A. Esmail

PART II: PHILOSOPHICAL THEOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION WESTERN HISTORY

Ancient philosophical theology

73

(7)

Kevin L. Flannery

The Christian contribution to medieval philosophical theology

80

(8)

Scott MacDonald

The Islamic contribution to medieval philosophical theology

88

(7)

David Burrell

The Jewish contribution to medieval philosophical theology

95

(8)

Tamar Rudavsky

Early modern philosophical theology

103

(8)

Derk Pereboom

The emergence of modern philosophy of religion

111

(10)

Merold Westphal

PART III: SOME CURRENTS IN TWENTIETH CENTURY PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

American pragmatism

121

(8)

Nancy Frankenberry

Personalism

129

(7)

Patricia A. Sayre

Process theology

136

(7)

David Ray Griffin

Phenomenology and existentialism

143

(7)

Merold Westphal

Wittgensteinianism

150

(8)

John Hyman

Thomism

158

(7)

Ralph McInerny

The reformed tradition

165

(6)

Nicholas Wolterstorff

The Anglican tradition

171

(8)

Brian Hebblethwaite

The Jewish tradition

179

(7)

Robert Gibbs

The Orthodox tradition

186

(11)

Paul Valliere

PART IV: THEISM AND THE LINGUISTIC TURN

Religious language

197

(7)

Janet Soskice

The verificationist challenge

204

(9)

Michael Martin

Theological realism and antirealism

213

(10)

Roger Trigg

PART V: THE THEISTIC CONCEPTION OF GOD

Being

223

(6)

C. J. F. Williams

Omnipotence

229

(7)

Joshua Hoffman

Gary Rosenkrantz

Omniscience

236

(7)

George I. Mavrodes

Goodness

243

(7)

Paul Helm

Simplicity

250

(7)

Eleonore Stump

Eternity

257

(7)

Brian Leftow

Necessity

264

(7)

William E. Mann

Incorporeality

271

(8)

Charles Taliaferro

Beauty

279

(7)

Patrick Sherry

Omnipresence

286

(5)

Edward R. Wierenga

Foreknowledge and human freedom

291

(8)

Linda Zagzebski

Divine action

299

(7)

Thomas F. Tracy

Creation and conservation

306

(7)

Hugh J. McCann

Immutability and impassibility

313

(10)

Richard E. Creel

PART VI: THE JUSTIFICATION OF THEISTIC BELIEF

Ontological arguments

323

(8)

Clement Dore

Cosmological arguments

331

(7)

William L. Rowe

Teleological and design arguments

338

(7)

Laura L. Garcia

Moral arguments

345

(7)

C. Stephen Evans

Pragmatic arguments

352

(8)

Jeffrey Jordan

Miracles

360

(7)

George N. Schlesinger

Religious experience

367

(9)

Keith E. Yandell

Fideism

376

(7)

Terence Penelhum

Reformed epistemology

383

(10)

Alvin Plantinga

PART VII: CHALLENGES TO THE RATIONALITY OF THEISTIC BELIEF

The problem of evil

393

(9)

Michael L. Peterson

Naturalistic explanations of theistic belief

402

(8)

Kai Nielsen

The presumption of atheism

410

(9)

Antony Flew

PART VIII: THEISM AND MODERN SCIENCE

Theism and physical cosmology

419

(7)

William Craig

Theism and evolutionary biology

426

(7)

William Hasker

Theism and the scientific understanding of the mind

433

(9)

Robert Audi

Theism and technology

442

(11)

Frederick Ferre

PART IX: THEISM AND VALUES

Divine command ethics

453

(7)

Janine Marie Idziak

Natural law ethics

460

(6)

Robert P. George

Virtue ethics

466

(7)

Jean Porter

Narrative ethics

473

(8)

Robert C. Roberts

Agapeistic ethics

481

(8)

Gene Outka

Theism, law, and politics

489

(8)

Paul J. Weithman

Theism and medical ethics

497

(8)

James F. Childress

Theism and environmental ethics

505

(9)

Gary L. Comstock

Theism and toleration

514

(11)

Edward Langerak

PART X: PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTION ON CHRISTIAN FAITH

Trinity

525

(7)

David Brown

Incarnation

532

(9)

Ronald J. Feenstra

Sin and original sin

541

(8)

Philip L. Quinn

Atonement, justification, and sanctification

549

(7)

John E. Hare

Survival of death

556

(6)

Stephen T. Davis

Heaven and hell

562

(7)

Jonathan L. Kvanvig

Providence and predestination

569

(8)

Thomas P. Flint

Petitionary prayer

577

(7)

Eleonore Stump

Revelation and scripture

584

(7)

William J. Abraham

Tradition

591

(10)

Basil Mitchell

PART XI: NEW DIRECTIONS IN PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

Feminism

601

(6)

Sarah Coakley

Religious pluralism

607

(8)

John Hick

Comparative philosophy of religion

615

(6)

Paul J. Griffiths

Resources for further study

621

(2)

Index

623

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