Philosophy of religion : a contemporary introduction

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Annotated Table of Contents = xiii
• Preface to Second Edition = xvi
• Preface to First Edition = xvii
• 1 Introduction = 1
• Suggested Readings = 2
• PART Ⅰ Philosophy and Religion = 5
• 2 What Is Philosophy? What Is Religion? What Is Philosophy of Religion? = 7
• Philosophy = 7
• Objectivity = 9
• Religion = 10
• Philosophy of Religion = 11
• Questions for Reflection = 12
• Suggested Readings = 13
• 3 What Sorts of Religion Are There? = 15
• Monotheistic Religion = 15
• Nonmonotheistic Religion = 16
• Criteria for Individuating Religions = 19
• Suggestions as to Common Features = 22
• Conclusion = 23
• Questions for Reflection = 24
• Suggested Readings = 24
• 4 What Sorts of Religious Experience Are There? = 26
• Structure and Content = 26
• Descriptions = 28
• Direct／Indirect Experience = 35
• Questions for Reflection = 36
• Suggested Readings = 37
• 5 The Importance of Doctrine and the Distinctness of Religious Traditions = 39
• Doctrine = 39
• Truth-Claims = 42
• Identity = 43
• Diversity = 47
• Questions for Reflection = 50
• Suggested Readings = 51
• 6 Religious Pluralism = 53
• Religious Plurality and Religious Pluralism = 53
• Hick's Purposes = 53
• More Recent Normative Religious Pluralism = 58
• Conclusion = 61
• Questions for Reflection = 61
• Suggested Readings = 62
• PART Ⅱ Religious Conceptions of Ultimate Reality = 65
• 7 Monotheistic Conceptions of Ultimate Reality = 67
• Generic Philosophical Monotheism = 67
• Greek Monotheism = 67
• Semitic Monotheism = 70
• Hindu Monotheism = 71
• Monotheisms and Atheisms = 72
• Questions for Reflection = 77
• Suggested Readings = 78
• 8 Nonmonotheistic Conceptions of Ultimate Reality = 80
• Advaita Vedanta Hinduism = 80
• Jainism and Buddhism = 87
• Conclusion = 93
• Questions for Reflection = 93
• Suggested Readings = 95
• PART Ⅲ Arguments concerning Monotheistic Conceptions = 97
• 9 Arguments against Monotheism = 99
• Three Questions = 99
• The Problem of Evil = 100
• The Consistency Issue = 103
• The Evidential Issue = 106
• Questions for Reflection = 115
• Suggested Readings = 116
• 10 Arguments for Monotheism = 117
• Proof = 117
• Logical Necessity = 119
• Purely Conceptual Proofs and the Ontological Argument = 121
• Empirical Proofs, Argument Strategies, and Principles of Sufficient Reason = 128
• Arguments by Thomas Aquinas = 130
• Questions for Reflection = 154
• Suggested Readings = 157
• 11 Monotheism and Religious Experience = 159
• Phenomenologically Thick Experiences = 159
• Experience as Direct Evidence = 160
• A Principle of Experiential Evidence = 163
• Being Evidence versus Providing Evidence = 169
• The Evidential Argument from Religious Experience = 171
• The Principle of Experiential Evidence Applied = 172
• Questions for Reflection = 175
• Suggested Readings = 176
• PART Ⅳ Arguments concerning Nonmonotheistic Conceptions = 179
• 12 Arguments concerning Nonmonotheistic Conceptions = 181
• Appeals to Argument and Appeals to Experience = 181
• Advaita Vedanta = 181
• Jainism and Buddhism on Persons = 183
• Identity = 184
• Personal Identity = 185
• Bundle Theory = 186
• Substance Theory = 192
• Questions for Reflection = 199
• Suggested Readings = 202
• 13 Enlightenment-Based Arguments and Nonmonotheistic Conceptions of Ultimate Reality = 203
• Appeals to Enlightenment Experience = 203
• Self-Authentication = 206
• Advaita Appeal to Enlightenment Experience = 217
• Jain-type Appeals to Experience = 218
• Buddhist-type Appeals to Experience = 223
• The Contrasting Arguments = 225
• Questions for Reflection = 228
• Suggested Readings = 230
• PART Ⅴ Religion, Morality, Faith, and Reason = 231
• 14 Religion, Morality, and Responsibility = 233
• Divine Command Ethics = 234
• Euthyphro Dilemma = 235
• Ultimate Values : Buddhism = 237
• Ultimate Values : Jainism = 238
• Morality without Religion? = 239
• Depth, Breadth, and Length = 241
• Questions for Reflection = 266
• Suggested Readings = 268
• 15 Faith and Reason = 269
• Faith = 269
• Reason and Rationality = 276
• Confirmation ism = 280
• Questions for Reflection = 288
• Suggested Readings = 289
• 16 Some Further Vistas = 290
• Moser = 291
• Plantinga = 291
• Alston = 292
• Questions for Reflection = 293
• Suggested Readings = 293
• Glossary = 295
• Bibliography = 301
• Index = 314