Philosophy and the Christian Worldview Analysis, Assessment and Development

by Werther, David; Linville, Mark D.

• ISBN13: 9781441108692
• ISBN10: 1441108696
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-02-02
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

Philosophy and the Christian Worldview is a collection of new essays written by sixteen philosophers of religion. Bringing together some of the leading lights in current academic philosophy of religion, including William Hasker, Charles Taliaferro and William Rowe, it offers a fresh perspective on four major areas of discussion: Religion and Epistemology; Religion and Morality; Religion and Metaphysics; and Religion and Worldview Assessment.

Author Biography

David Werther is the Director of the Independent Learning Program at the University of Wisconsin-Extension, USA. Mark D. Linville is an independent philosopher based in Atlanta, USA.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. ix
Foreword	p. xii
Introduction	p. 1
Religion and Worldview Assessment	p. 9
Is Philosophy of Religion Possible?	p. 11
Religious Pluralism as an Explanation for Religious Diversity	p. 25
The Naturalists are Declaring the Glory of God: Discovering Natural Theology in the Unlikeliest Places	p. 50
Religion and Epistemology	p. 71
Internalism and Properly Basic Belief	p. 73
In Defense of the Numinous	p. 95
Theistic Mystical Experiences, Enlightenment Experiences, and Ineffability	p. 109
Hume and Religion: Keith Yandell's Assessments	p. 137
Religion and Morality	p. 155
Why Bertrand Russell Was Not a Moral Realist, Either	p. 157
Christian Theism and the Evidential Argument from Evil	p. 175
Confucian Sincerity and the Imago Dei	p. 196
Religion and Metaphysics	p. 213
Jaegwon Kim's Rejection of Substance Dualism	p. 215
Free Will: The Explanatory Approach	p. 229
Freedom, Temptation, and Incarnation	p. 252
Index	p. 265
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