2nd Edition

Philosophy of Religion A Contemporary Introduction

By Keith E. Yandell Copyright 2016
342 Pages
by Routledge

342 Pages
by Routledge

342 Pages
by Routledge

Keith Yandell's Philosophy of Religion: A Contemporary Introduction was one of the first textbooks to explore the philosophy of religion with reference to religions other than Christianity. This new, revised edition explores the logical validity and truth claims of several world religions—Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism—with updated, streamlined discussions on... Read more

1.Introduction 2.What is Philosophy? What is Religion? What is Philosophy of Religion? 3.What Sorts of Religion Are There? 4. What Sorts of Religious Experience Are There? 5. The Importance of Doctrine and the Distinctness of Religious Traditions 6. Religious Pluralism 7. Monotheistic Conceptions of Ultimate Reality 8. Nonmonotheistic Conceptions of Ultimate Reality 9. Arguments against Monotheism 10. Arguments for Monotheism 11. Monotheism and Religious Experience 12. Arguments Concerning Nonmonotheistic Conceptions 13. Enlightenment-Based Arguments and Nonmonotheistic Conceptions of Ultimate Reality 14. Religion, Morality, and Responsibility 15. Faith and Reason 16. Some Further Vistas

Biography

Keith E. Yandell is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

"Keith Yandell is a first-rate philosopher who has written a clear-headed, fair, comprehensive introduction to thinking about the nature and cogency of 'western' and 'eastern' religious beliefs and practices. It is wide-ranging and rich with sustained, engaging arguments about God, the sacred, the self, values, and nature."

Charles Taliaferro, St. Olaf College, USA