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Introduction

main tenets of books and articles. It is available on CD covering works published from

1940 to the present thought DIALOG Information Services. Philosophy of religion is

also indexed in yearly publications of the Religion Index (in two volumes). These are

produced by the American theological Association, Evanston, Illinois, USA, and are

also available on CD. Books in philosophy of religion are also regularly reviewed by

in the journal Philosophical Books.

There are regular sessions on the philosophy of religion on the programs of the

annuals meetings of the three divisions of the American Philosophical Association, as

well as on the program of the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion.

Societies and institutions focusing on the philosophy of religion include: the British

Society for the philosophy of Religion; the Society for the Philosophy of Religion; the

Society of Christian Philosophers; the Philosophy of Religion Society; the American

Catholic Philosophical Association; Boston University Institute for Philosophy of

Religion; the American Humanist Association; the American Maritain Association;

the fellowship of Religious Humanists; the Jesuit Philosophical Association; the Society

for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy; and the Society for Philosophy and Theology.

Addresses for most of these organizations are listed in the Directory of American

Philosophers, a publication of the Philosophy Documentation Center, Bowling Green

State University.

There is a Center for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Notre Dame which

offers fellowships to undertake research in the field. Information about the center is

noted in the journal Faith and Philosophy. St. Olaf College is the site of the Kierkegaard

Library, a Publication and Study Center dedicated to the Danish philosopher Søren

Kierkegaard (1813–1855) who made an enormous contribution to the philosophy of

religion. Fellowships to study at the Center are available. The website “www.infidels.

org” is a wonderful and easily accessible database for journal articles exploring the

philosophy of religion from the atheist school of thought. The Stanford Encyclopedia

of philosophy also exists as an outstanding source for the study of the philosophy of

religion.

Notes

1. Merold Westphal, Overcoming Onto-Theology: Toward a Postmodern Christian Faith (New York: Fordham
   University Press, 2001), 16.


2. Ibid., 27.


3. Michael Rea, Analytic Theology: New Essays in the Philosophy of Theology (Oxford: Oxford University Press,
   2009), 18–19.

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