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" Philosophy of religion : "
Richard E. Creel.
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839800
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Creel, Richard E.,1940-
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Philosophy of religion : : the basics /\ Richard E. Creel.
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| Publication Statement
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Hoboken :: Wiley,, 2014.
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1 online resource (x, 211 pages)
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1118619455
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: 9781118619452
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9781118619438
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9781118619575
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Philosophy 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
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2.7 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
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7.2.1 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
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Chapter 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
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For 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
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Philosophy 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.
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Christianity.
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Religion-- Philosophy.
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Christianity.
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Religion-- Philosophy.
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210
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BL51.C693 2014eb
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