Contents
Introduction
ARGUMENTS FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
The Cosmological Argument
1. Thomas Aquinas, ìThe Five Waysî
2. Leibniz, ìOn the Ultimate Origination of Thingsî
3. J. L. Mackie, ìCosmological Argumentsî
4. William Lane Craig, ìThe Kalaam Version of the Cosmological Argumentî
The Argument from Design
5. William Paley, ìThe Watch and the Watchmakerî
6. David Hume, ìCritique of the Argument from Designî
7. Richard Dawkins, ìThe Blind Watchmakerî
8. Michael Denton, ìThe Puzzle of Perfectionî
9. Robin Collins, ìThe Fine-Tuning Argumentî
Moral Arguments
10. Plato, ìEuthyphroî
11. Robert Merrihew Adams, ìMoral Arguments for Theistic Beliefî
12. Linda Zagzebski, ìThe Virtues of God and the Foundations of Ethicsî
Religious Experience
13. William Alston, ìPerceiving Godî
Naturalism Refuted?
14. Alvin Plantinga, ìThe Self-Refutation of Naturalismî
The Balance of Probabilities
15. Richard Swinburne, ìA Cumulative Case for the Existence of Godî
16. J. L. Mackie, ìThe Balance of Probabilitiesî
17. Alvin Plantinga, ìArguing for Godî
18. William Wainwright, ìThe Nature of Reasonî
Part One
Suggestions for Further Study
REASON AND BELIEF IN GOD
The Need for Evidence
19. W. K. Clifford, ìThe Ethics of Beliefî
20. Antony Flew, ìThe Presumption of Atheismî
Wittgensteinian Fideism
21. Norman Malcolm, ìThe Groundlessness of Beliefî
22. Kai Nielsen, ìReligion and Groundless Believingî
Pragmatic Justification of Religious Belief
23. Blaise Pascal, ìThe Wagerî
24. William James, ìThe Will to Believeî
Reformed Epistemology
25. Kelly James Clark, ìWithout Evidence or Argumentî
26. Phil Quinn, ìOn Finding the Foundations of Theismî
Part Two
Suggestions for Further Study
Part Three
GOD & HUMAN SUFFERING
The Problem Stated
27. David Hume, ìGod and Evilî
Theodicy
28. John Hick, ìThe Soul-Making Theodicyî
29. Marilyn McCord Adams, ìHorrendous Evils and the Goodness of Godî
The Evidential Problem of Evil
30. William Rowe, ìThe Problem of Evil and Some Varieties of Atheismî
31. Daniel Howard-Snyder, ìRoweís Argument from Particular Horrorsî
Suggestions for Further Study
Part Four
CRITIQUES OF GOD
The Hermeneutics of Suspicion
32. Karl Marx, ìThe Opium of the Massesî
33. Friedrich Nietzsche, ìReligion as Resentmentî
34. Sigmund Freud, ìThe Future of an Illusionî
Humanism
35. ìA Humanist Manifestoî
Suggestions for Further Study
Part Five
PHILOSOPHICAL THEOLOGY
Does God Suffer?
36. Johan Scotus Eriugena, ìDivine Impassibilityî
37. Nicholas Wolterstorff, Suffering Love
Prayer
38. Thomas Aquinas, ìWhether It Is Becoming to Pray?î
39. Eleonore Stump, ìPetitionary Prayerî
Is There a Hell?
40. Stephen Davis, ìUniversalism, Hell and the Fate of the Ignorantî
41. Marilyn McCord Adams, ìThe Problem of Hell: A Problem of Evil for Christiansî
Religious Pluralism
42. John Hick, ìThe Philosophy of Religious Pluralismî
43. Peter van Inwagen, ìNon Est Hickî
Feminist Theology
44. Patricia Altenbernd Johnson, ìFeminist Christian Philosophy?î
Suggestions for Further Study
Part Six
ASIAN PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
The Sources
45. The Upanishads
46. The Life of Buddha
Buddhist Philosophy of Religion
47. Bimal K. Matilal, ìMysticism and Reality: Ineffabilityî
48. Edward Conze, ìBuddhist Philosophy and Its European Parallelsî
Taoism
49. Lao Tzu, ìTao-Te Chingî
50. Tíang Ch¸ n-I, ìSpiritual Values in Taoismî
Suggestions for Further Study
Acknowledgements