Philosophy of Religion [2 ed.] 1592441343

Is there any basis in reality for a religious experience? Is there any basis in reason for belief in God? Is it even p

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English Pages 402 [403] Year 2003

Philosophy of Religion [2 ed.]
1592441343

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Geisler
Norman
and Winfried Corduan

Categories
Religion

Table of contents :
Preface / 9

Part 1 God and Experience

1 The Nature of Religious Experience / 13
2 The Characteristics of Religious Experience / 28
3 The Dimensions of Religious Experience / 40
4 Testing the Reality of Religious Experience / 62

Part 2 God and Reason

5 The Function of Theistic Proofs / 79
6 Teleological and Moral Arguments / 94
7 Ontological Arguments / 123
8 Cosmological Arguments / 150
9 The Cosmological Argument Reevaluated / 175

Part 3 God and Language
10 The Problem of Religious Language / 211
11 Negative Religious Language / 232
12 Positive Language About God / 252
13 Model Religious Language / 272

Part 4 God and Evil

14 The Nature of the Problem of Evil / 295
15 The Metaphysical Problem of Evil / 318
16 The Moral Problem of Evil / 333
17 The Physical Problem of Evil / 364

Bibliography / 386
Index of Names / 395
Index of Subjects / 399

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