1st Edition
Does God Matter? Essays on the Axiological Consequences of Theism
1. Invitation to the Axiology of Theism Klaas J. Kraay
Part I: Arguments for Pro-Theism
2. God and Intrinsic Value Scott A. Davison
3. Axiology: Theism Versus Widely Accepted Monotheisms Michael Tooley
4. An Agreeable Answer to a Pro-Theism/Anti-Theism Question T.J. Mawson
Part II: Arguments for Anti-Theism
5. If There is a Hole, it is Not God-Shaped Guy Kahane
6. The Problem of Magic Stephen Maitzen
7. The Absurdity of Life in a Christian Universe as a Reason to Prefer that God Not Exist Erik J. Wielenberg
8. Recasting Anti-Theism Toby Betenson
Part III: Connections between the Existential and Axiological Debates
9. Triple Transcendence, the Value of God’s Existence, and a New Route to Atheism J.L. Schellenberg
10. Arguments from Evil and Evidence for Pro-Theism Myron A. Penner and Benjamin H. Arbour
11. Plantinga’s Defence and His Theodicy are Incompatible Richard B. Davis and W. Paul Franks
Biography
Klaas Kraay is Professor of Philosophy at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. He is the editor of God and the Multiverse: Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Perspectives (Routledge 2015).
"The collection of essays in this volume make a major contribution to a much-neglected issue in philosophical theology—the issue of the value of God's existence. It is of course a central question, but largely unexplored in the literature. The range of associated issues in the theory of value, metaethics, modal metaphysics, conceptions of God, and rational choice will interest a wide audience of scholars." – Michael J. Almeida, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
