Pojman, Philosophy of Religion

Pojman, Philosophy of Religion

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Philosophy of Religion
Louis P. Pojman
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Covering the major issues of the field succinctly and lucidly, this text takes an analytically rigorous approach and makes it accessible in presentation. Pojman writes from an impartial perspective, presenting various options and points of view while guiding students in their own search for truth within these often emotion-laden, crucial issues. The text includes original discussions of religious experience, the possibility that hope is an adequate substitute for belief, and the relationship between ethics and religion.
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“Pojman has a gift for clarity and accessibility when writing about complex topics. He also is concise and to the point. Students appreciate these qualities and so I am happy to go forward in my course preparations knowing I have chosen an excellent text.” — Kristen Zbikowski, Hibbing Community College

“Arguments and counterarguments flow effortlessly, allowing ready access to reasonable and thoughtful presentations of philosophical inquiry into all facets of religion.” — Phillip Lioi, Polk State College

“I consider this to be the best introductory text on the subject. Thank you for reprinting it and especially for making it affordable for students.” — William Settles, Harry S. Truman College

“Pojman’s style is conversational, very accessible . . . , deeply serious but not without plenty of humor. One is moved by his account of his intimate personal odyssey through the minefields of religious belief.” — Theodore Guleserian, Arizona State University

Table of Contents
1. Introduction
The Role of Religion in Human History / Rationality

2. Cosmological Arguments
Traditional Arguments for the Existence of God / The Cosmological Argument / The Argument from Contingency

3. Teleological Arguments
Paley’s Argument / Hume’s Critique / The Darwinian Objection

4. Ontological Arguments
An Analysis of Anselm’s Argument / The Modal Version of the Ontological Argument

5. The Argument from Religious Experience
Encounters with God / An Analysis of Religious Experience / A Critique of the Strong-Justification Thesis / Religious Experience Is Amorphous and Varied / The Argument from Religious Experience Is Circular / Religious Experience Cannot Be Confirmed

6. The Problem of Evil
The Mystery of Evil / The Argument from Evil / The Free-Will Defense / The Theodicy Defense / Problems with the Theodicy Defense / Evolution and Evil

7. Miracles
What Are Miracles? / Hume’s Critique of Miracles / Replies to Hume

8. Personal Identity and Immortality
Part One: Personal Identity / What Is It to Be a Person? / What Is Identity? / What Is Personal Identity? / Part Two: Is There Life After Death? / Life After Death / Reincarnation

9. Faith and Reason
The Classic Positions / Pragmatic Justification of Religious Belief / Fideism: Faith Without/Against Reason / Reformed Epistemology: Alvin Plantinga / Critique of Plantinga’s Reformed Epistemology

10. Faith, Hope, and Doubt
Is Belief a Necessary Condition for Saving Faith? / The Phenomenology of Belief / The Ethics of Belief / Hope as the Proper Religious Propositional Attitude for Doubters

11. Religion and Ethics
Does Morality Depend on Religion? / Are Religious Ethics Essentially Different from Secular Ethics? / Is Religion Irrelevant or Even Inimical to Morality? / Does Religion Enhance the Moral Life?

Conclusion

Glossary

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