PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION: A contemporary introduction

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1 Introduction D oes God exist? Is there any reason to think that God exists? Is there no God? Is there any good reason to belie ...

4 INTRODUCTION is an essential feature of philosophy that views offered on philosophical issues are also assessed. There is no s ...

INTRODUCTION 5 that Jainism gives to persons and physical elements while denying that there is a God. Theravada Buddhism takes t ...

6 INTRODUCTION not. Evil is genuinely tragic only if persons have great worth. If human persons are created in the image of God ...

INTRODUCTION 7 closely related to the status of persons in a religion’s conception of salvation or enlightenment. Faith typicall ...

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PA RT I Philosophy and religion ...

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CHAPTER 2 What is philosophy? What is religion? What is philosophy of religion? Philosophy Objectivity Religion Philosophy of re ...

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2 What is philosophy? What is religion? What is philosophy of religion? Philosophy What is philosophy? N o noncontroversial answ ...

14 PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION I take religious claims to be neither more nor less open to rational assessment than any other sorts ...

WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY? 15 commitments (as would any others) considerably constrain the sort of system that one who accepts them cou ...

16 PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION Religion What is religion? Our world contains a perplexing diversity of religious traditions. Increas ...

WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY? 17 religious activities. It also recognizes the importance of a doctrinal element in religious traditions. I ...

18 PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION good or evil, what possesses intrinsic worth, what sort of life is worth living, and how these matter ...

WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY? 19 Burtt, E. A. (1951) Types of Religious Philosophy, New York: Harper and Brothers. After discussing Greek ...

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CHAPTER 3 What sorts of religion are there? Monotheism Advaita Vedanta Jainism Buddhism Comparison The criteria applied Question ...