Arguing about Religion Book

Pt. 1 Methodological Issues in Philosophy of Religion 3

Introduction to Part 1 5

1 The Nature of Natural Theology Norman Kretzmann Kretzmann, Norman 11

2 What is Philosophical Theology? Scott MacDonald MacDonald, Scott 17

3 The Reformed Objection to Natural Theology Alvin Plantinga Plantinga, Alvin 30

4 Rational Religious Belief Richard Swinburne Swinburne, Richard 40

5 Religious Pluralism and Salvation John Hick Hick, John 57

6 Truth and the Diversity of Religions Keith Ward Ward, Keith 67

7 Religious Pluralism Timothy O'Connor O'Connor, Timothy 81

Pt. 2 God's Existence and Nature 93

Introduction to Part 2 95

8 Necessary Being: The Onto logical Argument Peter van Inwagen van Inwagen, Peter 101

9 Some Recent Progress on the Cosmological Argument Alexander R. Pruss Pruss, Alexander R. 121

10 A Critical Examination of the Kalam Cosmological Argument Wes Morriston Morriston, Wes 132

11 A Scientific Argument for the Existence of God: The Fine-Tuning Design Argument Robin Collins Collins, Robin 147

12 The Design Argument Elliot Sober Sober, Elliot 160

13 A Critique of the Argument from Religious Experience Louis P. Pojman Pojman, Louis P. 179

14 God and the Moral Order C. Stephen Layman Layman, C. Stephen 189

Pt. 3 Evil and Divine Hiddenness 201

Introduction to Part 3 203

15 The Argument from Evil Peter van Inwagen van Inwagen, Peter 209

16 Karma, Rebirth, and the Problem oF Evil Whitley R. P. Kaufman Kaufman, Whitley R. P. 222

17 Natural Evil and the Possibility of Knowledge Richard Swinburne Swinburne, Richard 236

18 The Problem of Evil and Some Varieties of Atheism William L. Rowe Rowe, William L. 246

19 The Inductive Argument fromEvil and the Human Cognitive Condition William P. Alston Alston, William P. 255

20 The Hiddenness of God Peter van Inwagen van Inwagen, Peter 269

21 Coercion and the Hiddenness of God Michael J. Murray Murray, Michael J. 282

22 Divine Hiddenness and Inculpable Ignorance Robert P. Lovering Lovering, Robert P. 295

Pt. 4 Providence and Interaction 309

Introduction to Part 4 311

23 Free Will, Evil, and Divine Providence Derk Pereboom Pereboom, Derk 317

24 The Middle-Knowledge View William Lane Craig Craig, William Lane 333

25 The Openness of God William Hasker Hasker, William 349

26 Why Simple Foreknowledge Offers No More Providential Control than The Openness of God John Sanders Sanders, John 362

27 The Providential Advantage of Divine Foreknowledge David P. Hunt Hunt, David P. 374

28 Why Would God Create Anything at All? Norman Kretzmann Kretzmann, Norman 386

29 Petitionary Prayer Eleonore Stump Stump, Eleonore 400

30 Prayers for the Past Kevin Timpe Timpe, Kevin 414

Pt. 5 The Afterlife 429

Introduction to Part 5 431

31 Dualism, Materialism, and the Problem of Postmortem Survival Kevin J. Corcoran Corcoran, Kevin J. 437

32 Persons and the Metaphysics of Resurrection Lynne Rudder Baker Baker, Lynne Rudder 448

33 Death as Transformation in Classical Daoism Roger T. Ames Ames, Roger T. 461

34 Divine Evil David Lewis Lewis, David 472

35 The Doctrine of Everlasting Punishment Thomas Talbott Talbott, Thomas 482

36 Dante's Hell, Aquinas's Moral Theory, and The Love of God Eleonore Stump Stump, Eleonore 500

37 Is There Freedom in Heaven? James F. Sennett Sennett, James F. 511

Pt. 6 Religion and Contemporary Life 523

Introduction to Part 6 525

38 Breaking the Spell Daniel Dennett Dennett, Daniel 531

39 The God Delusion Richard Dawkins Dawkins, Richard 544

40 Dawkins' God Alister McGrath McGrath, Alister 556

41 Born-Again Creationism Philip Kitcher Kitcher, Philip 567

42 Evolution as Dogma: The Establishment of Naturalism Phillip E. Johnson Johnson, Phillip E. 584

43 Why Creationism Should Wot Be Taught in the Public Schools Robert T. Pennock Pennock, Robert T. 596

44 Creation and Evolution: A Modest Proposal Alvin Plantinga Plantinga, Alvin 611

45 Theism, Law, and Politics Paul J. Weithman Weithman, Paul J. 619

Glossary 626

Index 629