God and the Ethics of Belief: New Essays in Philosophy of Religion

by Edited by Andrew Dole , Andrew Chignell

• ISBN13: 9780521118415
• ISBN10: 0521118417
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-08-20
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Philosophy of religion in the Anglo-American tradition experienced a 'rebirth' following the 1955 publication of New Essays in Philosophical Theology (eds. Antony Flew and Alisdair MacIntyre). Fifty years later, this volume of New Essays offers a sampling of the best work in what is now a very active field, written by some of its most prominent members. A substantial introduction sketches the developments of the last half-century, while also describing the 'ethics of belief' debate in epistemology and showing how it connects to explicitly religious concerns and to the topics of the individual contributions. These topics include: the relationship between God and the natural laws; the metaphysics of bodily resurrection; the role of appeal to 'mystery' in the religious life; the justification of both theistic belief generally and more specific doctrinal beliefs; and the social-political aspects of religious faith and practice.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Can God break the laws?

Sleeping Beauty and the afterlife

Free will, evil and divine providence

Two cheers for mystery!

The probability of the resurrection

Is God an unnecessary hypothesis?

Direct warrant realism

The epistemic authority of testimony and the ethics of belief

Kant on the rational instability of atheism

Does forgiveness undermine justice?

Can good Christians be good liberals?

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