Philosophy of Religion: Thinking About Faith

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InterVarsity Press, Feb 23, 2010 - Religion - 244 pages

Add this ebook to your cart, purchase it and download it immediately in any or all of these formats: PDF. With over 40,000 copies in print since its original publication in 1982, Steve Evans's Philosophy of Religion has served many generations of students as a classic introduction to the philosophy of religion from a Christian perspective. Over the years the philosophical landscape has changed, and in this new edition Zach Manis joins Evans in a thorough revamping of arguments and information, while maintaining the qualities of clarity and brevity that made the first edition so appreciated. New material on divine foreknowledge and human freedom has been added as well as on Reformed epistemology. The discussions on science now cover new developments from cognitive psychology and naturalism as well as on the fine-tuning of the cosmos. The chapter on faith and reason has been expanded to include consideration of evidentialism. The problem of evil now forms its own new chapter and adds a discussion of the problem of hell. The standard features remain: a survey of the field, an examination of classical arguments for God's existence, and an exploration of contemporary challenges to theism from the social sciences and philosophy as well as the natural sciences. The meaning and significance of personal religious experience, revelation and miracles--all within the realm of contemporary religious pluralism--are likewise investigated. A classic introduction thoroughly updated and refreshed for today's student.

 

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Contents

General Preface
11
Preface to 2nd Edition
13
Chapter 1
17
Chapter 2
36
Chapter 3
62
Chapter 4
98
Chapter 5
116
Chapter 6
138
Chapter 7
156
Chapter 8
183
Further Reading
217
Notes
219
Index
231
More Titles From InterVarsity Press
235
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About the author (2010)

C. Stephen Evans (Ph.D., Yale) is Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy and the Humanities at Baylor University. He previously taught in the philosophy departments at Calvin College, St. Olaf College and Wheaton College. His publications include Why Believe?, The Historical Christ and the Jesus of Faith: The Incarnational Narrative as History, Kierkegaard's Ethic of Love and Keirkegaard on Faith and the Self: Collected Essays.


R. Zachary Manis (Ph.D., Baylor University) is assistant professor of philosophy at Southwest Baptist University.

Bibliographic information

TitlePhilosophy of Religion: Thinking About Faith
Contours of Christian Philosophy
AuthorsC. Stephen Evans, R. Zachary Manis
Edition2, revised
PublisherInterVarsity Press, 2010
ISBN0830879331, 9780830879335
Length244 pages
Subjects › 

Philosophy / Religious
Religion / Philosophy
  
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