Experience, Explanation and Faith : An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion

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 indeter...

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Main Author: O'Hear, Anthony
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Taylor & Francis Group, 2013
Edition:1st ed
Series:Routledge Library Editions: Philosophy of Religion Series
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505 0 |a 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 
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