The Oxford handbook of philosophy of religion [electronic resource] /
edited by William J. Wainwright.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
- 1 online resource (x, 550 pages).
- Oxford handbooks in philosophy .
- Oxford handbooks in philosophy. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Divine power, goodness, and knowledge / Divine sovereignty and aseity / Nontheistic conceptions of the divine / The ontological argument / Cosmological and design arguments / Mysticism and religious experience / Pascal's wagers and James's will to believe / The problem of evil / Religious language / Religious epistemology / God, science, and naturalism / Miracles / Faith and revelation / Morality and religion / Death and the afterlife / Religious diversity : familiar problems, novel opportunities / Analytic philosophy of religion / Wittgensteinianism : logic, reality, and God / Continental philosophy of religion / Feminism and analytic philosophy of religion / William L. Rowe -- William E. Mann -- Paul J. Griffiths -- Brian Leftow -- Alexander R. Pruss and Richard M. Gale -- Jerome I. Gellman -- Jeffrey Jordan -- Peter van Inwagen -- William P. Alston -- Nicholas Wolterstorff -- Paul Draper -- George I. Mavrodes -- C. Stephen Evans -- Linda Zagzebski -- Lynne Rudder Baker -- Philip L. Quinn -- William Hasker -- D.Z. Phillips -- Merold Westphal -- Sarah Coakley.
The second half of the 20th-century was an especially fruitful period, seeing new developments in logic and epistemology to mount both sophisticated defences of, and attacks on, religious claims. Each chapter of this handbook is representative of a distinct viewpoint related to these issues.