Philosophy of Religion Book

	Preface
Ch. 1	Introduction	1
Pt. I	Philosophy and Religion	9
Ch. 2	What is philosophy? What is religion? What is philosophy of religion?	11
	Philosophy	13
	Objectivity	15
	Religion	16
	Philosophy of religion	17
	Questions for reflection	18
	Annotated reading	18
Ch. 3	What sorts of religion are there?	21
	Monotheism	24
	Advaita Vedanta	28
	Jainism	30
	Buddhism	31
	Comparison	32
	The criteria applied	32
	Questions for reflection	34
	Annotated reading	35
Ch. 4	What sorts of religious experience are there?	37
	Structure and content	39
	Descriptions	41
	Criteria and their application	46
	Questions for reflection	50
	Annotated reading	50
Ch. 5	The importance of doctrine and the distinctness of religious traditions	51
	Doctrine	53
	"Truth-claims"	56
	Identity	57
	Diversity	61
	Questions for reflection	64
	Annotated reading	64
Ch. 6	Religious pluralism	65
	Religious plurality and religious pluralism	67
	The content of religious pluralism	67
	Some religion-relevant consequences of RP	68
	A critical discussion of RP: Part one	70
	A critical discussion of RP: Part two	74
	A critical discussion of RP: Part three	78
	Questions for reflection	79
	Annotated reading	80
Pt. II	Religious Conceptions of Ultimate Reality	81
Ch. 7	Monotheistic conceptions of ultimate reality	83
	Generic philosophical monotheism	85
	Greek monotheism	86
	Semitic monotheism	89
	Hindu monotheism	90
	Monotheisms and atheisms	91
	Questions for reflection	96
	Annotated reading	97
Ch. 8	Nonmonotheistic conceptions of ultimate reality	99
	Advaita Vedanta Hinduism	102
	Jainism and Buddhism	109
	Conclusion	116
	Questions for reflection	116
	Annotated reading	117
Pt. III	Arguments Concerning Monotheistic Conceptions	119
Ch. 9	Arguments against monotheism	121
	Three questions	123
	The problem of evil	124
	Failed escapes	125
	The consistency issue	128
	The evidential issue	131
	Conclusion	161
	Epilogue	161
	Questions for reflection	164
	Annotated reading	165
Ch. 10	Arguments for monotheism	167
	Proof	169
	Logical necessity	171
	Purely conceptual proofs and the Ontological Argument	174
	Empirical proofs, argument strategies, and principles of sufficient reason	181
	Arguments by Thomas Aquinas	184
	Questions for reflection	210
	Annotated reading	211
Ch. 11	Monotheism and religious experience	213
	Phenomenologically thick experiences	215
	Experience as direct evidence	216
	A principle of experiential evidence	218
	Being evidence versus providing evidence	228
	The evidential argument from religious experience	230
	The principle of experiential evidence applied	231
	Questions for reflection	235
	Annotated reading	235
Pt. IV	Arguments Concerning Nonmonotheistic Conceptions	237
Ch. 12	Arguments concerning nonmonotheistic conceptions (1)	239
	Appeals to argument and appeals to experience	241
	Advaita Vedanta	242
	Jainism and Buddhism on persons	242
	Identity	244
	Personal identity	246
	Bundle theory	246
	Copiers and annihilators	252
	Substance theory	259
	Questions for reflection	263
	Annotated reading	264
Ch. 13	Arguments concerning nonmonotheistic conceptions (2)	265
	Appeals to enlightenment experience	267
	Self-authentication	271
	Advaita appeal to enlightenment experience	285
	Jain-type appeals to experience	286
	Buddhist-type appeals to experience	293
	The contrasting arguments	295
	Questions for reflection	298
	Annotated reading	298
Pt. V	Religion, Morality, Faith, and Reason	299
Ch. 14	Religion and morality	301
	Religious values and moral values	303
	Deterministic views	306
	Compatibilism and incompatibilism	309
	The Principle of Alternative Possibilities	322
	Divine foreknowledge and human freedom	335
	Conclusion	338
	Questions for reflection	339
	Annotated reading	339
Ch. 15	Faith and reason	341
	Faith	343
	Knowledge	343
	Scientism	344
	Propositions	346
	The epistemic status of religious belief	349
	Robust foundationalism	350
	Confirmationism and falsificationism	351
	Ways of being falsified	355
	Theistic arguments and explanatory power	356
	Questions for reflection	359
	Annotated reading	359
	Glossary	361
	Selected great figures in the history of philosophy of religion	365
	Notes	367
	Bibliography	395
	Index	401