Philosophy of Religion: An Introduction with ReadingsWith the entry-level student in mind, Stuart Brown guides the reader through three main topics: whether or not there is life after death; whether or not there is a powerful, beneficent intelligence controlling the universe; and the nature and appropriate defence of religious belief or faith. Each chapter is linked to readings by commentators on religion and belief, such as David Hume, John Hick, Richard Dawkins and William James. Key features also include activities and exercises, chapter summaries and guides to further reading. |
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absolutists accept afterlife animal suffering argues argument from design Badham belief in immortality believe Berkeley body book before reading Cartesian dualism chapter Check your answer Christian claim Clifford conclusion conscience consciousness consider contrary counter-example creatures critical Darwinism dead death Descartes DISCUSSION divine duty empiricist entities event example EXERCISE existence fact faith feel fideism free-will defence Hick Hume Hume's hypothesis idealism instance insufficient evidence involved J. L. Mackie James John Hick judgement kind laws of nature living option logical problem material materialist matter mind moral natural selection objection Occam's Razor omnipotent ourselves pain paragraph particular Pascal's wager passional personal identity philosophical philosophy of mind Plato possible premise principle problem of evil question reason religious belief resurrection risk Russell Stannard sceptic seems sense someone soul species suppose survival system of religion theory things thought tion true truth uniform experience universe wrong