Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion

Edited by Benjamin W. McCraw, Robert Arp

This collection brings together new papers addressing the philosophical challenges that the concept of a Devil presents, bringing philosophical rigor to treatments of the Devil. Contributors approach the idea of the Devil from a variety of philosophical traditions, methodologies, and styles,…

Paperback – 2019-01-23
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Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion

By Gregory W. Dawes

For more than 30 years, historians have rejected what they call the ‘warfare thesis’ – the idea that there is an inevitable conflict between religion and science – insisting that scientists and believers can live in harmony. This book disagrees. Taking as its starting point the most famous of all…

Paperback – 2019-01-17
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Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion

By Kevin Jung

Christian Ethics and Commonsense Morality goes against the grain of various postmodern approaches to morality in contemporary religious ethics. In this book, Jung seeks to provide a new framework in which the nature of common Christian moral beliefs and practices can be given a new meaning. He…

Paperback – 2018-12-05
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Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion

Edited by Benjamin H. Arbour

This new collection of philosophically rigorous essays critiques the interpretation of divine omniscience known as open theism, focusing primarily on philosophically motivated open theism and positing arguments that reject divine knowledge of future contingents in the face of the dilemma of freedom…

Hardback – 2018-09-17
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Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion

Edited by Kevin Jung

In metaethics, there is a divide between those who believe that there exist moral facts independently of human interests and attitudes (i.e., moral realists) and those who don’t (i.e., antirealists). In the last half century, the field of religious ethics has been inundated with various antirealist…

Hardback – 2018-04-11
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Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion

Edited by Klaas Kraay

Does God Matter? features eleven original essays written by prominent philosophers of religion that address this very important, yet surprisingly neglected, question. One natural way to approach this question is to seek to understand what difference God’s existence would—or does—make to the value…

Hardback – 2017-12-15
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Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion

By John R. Shook

Atheology is the intellectual effort to understand atheism, defend the reasonableness of unbelief, and support nonbelievers in their encounters with religion. This book presents a historical overview of the development of atheology from ancient thought to the present day. It offers in-depth…

Hardback – 2017-12-06
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Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion

Edited by Klaas Kraay

In recent decades, scientific theories have postulated the existence of many universes beyond our own. The details and implications of these theories are hotly contested. Some philosophers argue that these scientific models count against the existence of God. Others, however, argue that if God…

Paperback – 2017-06-16
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Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion

By Louise Hickman

Eighteenth-Century Dissent and Cambridge Platonism identifies an ethically and politically engaged philosophy of religion in eighteenth century Rational Dissent, particularly in the work of Richard Price (1723-1791), and in the radical thought of Mary Wollstonecraft. It traces their…

Hardback – 2017-05-18
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Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion

Edited by Benjamin W. McCraw, Robert Arp

In contradistinction to the many monographs and edited volumes devoted to historical, cultural, or theological treatments of demonology, this collection features newly written papers by philosophers and other scholars engaged specifically in philosophical argument, debate, and dialogue involving…

Hardback – 2017-04-14
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Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion

By J.J. MacIntosh

The Arguments of Aquinas is intended for readers with philosophical interests, who may not be specialists in medieval philosophy. Some think that a medieval saint must be, as such, wrong, dated, and boring; others feel that a saint, any saint, must be right, relevant, and inspirational. Both groups…

Hardback – 2017-04-07
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Edited by Corey Miller, Paul Gould

The question of whether faith in God is reasonable is of renewed interest in today’s academy. In light of this interest, as well as the rise of militant religion and terrorism and the emergent reaction by neo-atheism, this volume considers this important question from the views of contemporary…

Paperback – 2016-07-27
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Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion

Edited by Kevin Timpe

This volume focuses on contemporary issues in the philosophy of religion through an engagement with Eleonore Stump’s seminal work in the field. Topics covered include: the metaphysics of the divine nature (e.g., divine simplicity and eternity); the nature of love and God’s relation to human…

Paperback – 2015-04-23
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Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion

By Gregory W. Dawes

In this timely study, Dawes defends the methodological naturalism of the sciences. Though religions offer what appear to be explanations of various facts about the world, the scientist, as scientist, will not take such proposed explanations seriously. Even if no natural explanation were available,…

Paperback – 2015-04-23
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Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion

By Michael J. Almeida

The Metaphysics of Perfect Beings addresses the problems an Anselmian perfect being faces in contexts involving unlimited options. Recent advances in the theory of vagueness, the metaphysics of multiverses and hyperspace, the theory of dynamic or sequential choice, the logic of moral and rational…

Paperback – 2014-06-09
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By Mark Wynn

"God and Goodness" takes the experience of value as a starting point for natural theology. Mark Wynn argues that theism offers our best understanding of the goodness of the world, especially its beauty and openness to the development of richer and more complex material forms. We also see that the…

Paperback – 2013-10-25
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By William Hasker

Providence, Evil and the Openness of God is a timely exploration of the philosophical implications of the rapidly-growing theological movement known as open theism, or the 'openness of God'. William Hasker, one of the philosophers prominently associated with this movement, presents the strengths of…

Paperback – 2013-08-29
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By Daniel Hill

This book examines the divine nature in terms of maximal greatness. It investigates each attribute associated with maximal greatness - omnipotence, omniscience, perfect goodness, eternity, and beauty, arguing that maximal greatness is necessary and sufficient for divinity.…

Paperback – 2010-11-30
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By Evan Fales

This study is a new look at the question of how God can act upon the world, and whether the world can affect God, examining contemporary work on the metaphysics of causation and laws of nature, and current work in the theory of knowledge and mysticism. It has been traditional to address such…

Hardback – 2009-12-08
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Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion

By J.P. Moreland

In Consciousness and the Existence of God, J.P. Moreland argues that the existence of finite, irreducible consciousness (or its regular, law-like correlation with physical states) provides evidence for the existence of God. Moreover, he analyzes and criticizes the top representative of rival…

Hardback – 2008-06-24
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Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion