LEADER 05550nam 2200793 a 450 001 9910960580003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9781118619575 010 $a1118619579 010 $a9781118619346 010 $a111861934X 010 $a9781118619452 010 $a1118619455 035 $a(CKB)2550000001111803 035 $a(EBL)1434095 035 $a(OCoLC)859161265 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1434095 035 $a(DLC) 2013026196 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1434095 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10748678 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL511695 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7103882 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7103882 035 $a(PPN)201702894 035 $a(OCoLC)1347025551 035 $a(FR-PaCSA)88839124 035 $a(FRCYB88839124)88839124 035 $a(Perlego)1000459 035 $a(Perlego)2772932 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001111803 100 $a20130624d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aPhilosophy of religion $ethe basics /$fRichard E. Creel 210 $aHoboken $cWiley$d2014 215 $a1 online resource (225 p.) 225 1 $aNew York Academy of Sciences 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781118619438 311 08$a1118619439 311 08$a9781299804449 311 08$a1299804446 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPhilosophy of Religion: The Basics; Copyright; Contents; Preface for Teachers; Acknowledgments; Introduction; For Review, Reflection, and Discussion; For Further Reading; Chapter 1 What Is Religion?; 1.1 Creed; 1.2 Code; 1.3 Cult; 1.4 Community; 1.5 Toward a Definition of Religion; 1.6 Ze, Zer, Mer; For Review, Reflection, and Discussion; For Further Reading; Chapter 2 Six Conceptions of God; 2.1 Experiential Sources of Concepts of God; 2.2 Six Conceptions of God; 2.3 Religious Naturalism; 2.4 Pantheism; 2.5 Panentheism (Process Theism); 2.6 Deism 327 $a2.7 Classical Biblical Theism is based on divine revelation2.8 Classical Philosophical Theism; For Review, Reflection, and Discussion; For Further Reading; Chapter 3 Divine Attributes and Dilemmas; 3.1 What Is a Dilemma?; 3.2 Ways to Respond to a Dilemma; 3.3 Divine Attribute Dilemmas; 3.4 Proposed Solutions to the Preceding Dilemmas; 3.4.1 Unsurpassability; 3.4.2 Omnipotence; 3.4.3 Are Omnipotence and Omnibenevolence Incompatible?; 3.4.4 Immutability and Personhood; 3.4.5 Divine Omniscience and Human Freedom; 3.5 Open Theism; For Review, Reflection, and Discussion; For Further Reading 327 $aChapter 4 Human Language and Talk about GodFor Review, Reflection, and Discussion; For Further Reading; Chapter 5 Arguments about the Existence of God; For Review, Reflection, and Discussion; For Further Reading; Chapter 6 The Ontological Argument; 6.1 Is Anselm's Argument Decisive?; 6.2 A Version of Duns Scotus' Ontological Argument; For Review, Reflection, and Discussion; For Further Reading; Chapter 7 The Cosmological Arguments; 7.1 The First Three of "The Five Ways" of Thomas Aquinas; 7.2 Paul Edwards' Infinite Regress Argument against the Cosmological Argument 327 $a7.2.1 Two Criticisms of Edwards7.3 The Oscillatory Theory; 7.3.1 Criticism of the Oscillatory Theory; 7.4 The Kalam Cosmological Argument; For Reflection, Review, and Discussion; For Further Reading; Chapter 8 The Teleological or Design Arguments; 8.1 The Anthropic Principle; 8.2 The Multiverse; For Review, Reflection, and Discussion; For Further Reading; Chapter 9 God and Morality; 9.1 Two Arguments from Morality for Belief in the Existence of God; 9.2 The Relation of Morality to God; 9.2.1 The Divine Command Theory; 9.2.2 Theocentric Ethics; 9.2.3 Natural Law Ethics 327 $aFor Review, Reflection, and DiscussionFor Further Reading; Chapter 10 Religious Experience and Belief in God; 10.1 The Principle of Credulity and the Rationality of Belief in God; 10.2 Religious Experience as Evidence for the Existence of God; 10.3 Toward a Cumulative Argument for God; For Review, Reflection, and Discussion; For Further Reading; Chapter 11 Arguments against Belief in the Existence of God; 11.1 Evidentialism and the Burden of Proof; 11.2 Conceptual Arguments: Analysis of the Concept of God; 11.2.1 The Argument from Meaninglessness 327 $a11.2.2 The Arguments from Incoherence and Self-Contradiction 330 $aPhilosophy of Religion: The Basics offers a concise introduction to philosophy of religion, distilling key discussions and concepts of the subject to their succinct essence, providing a truly accessible entry into the subject.A truly accessible introduction to philosophy of religion for beginnersTakes a topical approach, starting with the nature of religion and moving the reader through the major concepts, explaining how topics connect and point to one anotherOffers a thorough and full treatment of diverse conceptions of God, the ontological argumen 410 0$aNew York Academy of Sciences 606 $aChristianity 606 $aReligion$xPhilosophy 615 0$aChristianity. 615 0$aReligion$xPhilosophy. 676 $a210 686 $a161.1$2njb/09 686 $a210$2njb/09 700 $aCreel$b Richard E.$f1940-$01796709 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910960580003321 996 $aPhilosophy of religion$94338628 997 $aUNINA