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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462592603321

Autore

O'Hear Anthony

Titolo

Experience, explanation and faith : an introduction to the philosophy of religion / / Anthony O'Hear

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-135-97781-X

0-203-53263-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (432 p.)

Collana

Routledge Library Editions: Philosophy of Religion ; ; Volume 27

Disciplina

200/.1

Soggetti

Religion - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published in 1984"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. Faith and Religious Life; 2. Religious Experience and Religious Knowledge; 3. Religion, Truth and Morality; 1. Knowledge and truth; 2. Religion and morality; 4. Religious Explanations; 1. The religious 'tu quoque'; 2. Cosmological and teleological arguments; 3. God as necessary being; 4. God as world process; 5. Suffering and Evil; 6. Religion and the Rational Man; Suggestions for Further Reading; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this book Anthony O'Hear examines the reasons that are given for religious faith. His approach is firmly within the classical tradition of natural theology, but an underlying theme is the differences between the personal Creator of the Bible or the Koran and a God conceived of as the indeterminate ground of everything determinate. Drawing on several religious traditions and on the resources of contemporary philosophy, specific chapters analyse the nature of religious faith and of religious experience. They examine connections between religion and morality, and religion and human k