Philosophy of
Religion
(The Proceedings of the
XXI World Congress of Philosophy, Volume 8)
Editor
William Sweet, St
| This volume
contains a selection of papers on the philosophy of religion that were delivered
at the twenty-first World Congress of Philosophy held in Istanbul
in August 2003. A general introduction by the Editor is followed by papers
by scholars from North America, Europe, and Asia, focussing on the themes
of "The Nature of Religion and Religious Belief," "The Nature of Deity,"
"The Problem of Evil and the Miraculous, " and "The Challenge of Science."
Abstracts and a name index are also provided. |
Introduction: Doing Philosophy of Religion Today – William Sweet
The Nature of Religion
and Religious Belief
1. “Religion's Staying Power: The Narrative Imperative,” Milenko Budimir
2. “The Enigma of Belief & Integrity in the Philosophy of Religion,” Leroy Meyer
3. “A Pragmatic Defense of Religious Exclusivism,” Girard Brenneman
4. “Comparative Religion and Religious Harmony,” Dhanpat Raj Bhandari
5. “The Challenge of William James’s Philosophy of Religion,” Celal Türer
6. “Cultural Pluralism and Specific of Religious Language,” Dagmar Demjančuková
7. “Existence et valeurs dans le monde contemporain, L'homme au croisement de deux paradigmes mentaux,” Emilia Velikova
8. “Religiöser Glaube und Gotterserkenntniss,” Christophe Berchem
The Nature of Deity
9. “Numenius and Greek Sources of the Central Christian Theological Doctrine,” Marian Hillar
10. “Process
Philosophy: A Bridge Between Islam and the West?,”
11. “God's Justified Knowledge and the Hard-Soft Fact Distinction,” John R. Shook
12. “On Which ‘God’ Should Be the Target of a ‘Proof of God’s Existence,” David Twetten
13. “Dionisio pseudo-areopagita y Heidegger: consideraciones sobre el último Dios,” Cicero Cunha
14. “Lyotard über die "invocatio Dei“ in den Confessiones des Augustinus,” Ludwig Nagl
The Problem of Evil
and the Miraculous
15. “Suffering, Meaning, and Pragmatism: What do Theodicies Do?,” Robert Mesle
16. “Evil, Probation and the "Sunday Truth" of Theism,” David E. White
17. “Plantinga and the Problem of Evil,” Heimir Geirsson & Michael Losonsky
18. “Kierkegaard's Tangential Interest in Miracles,” Jyrki Kivelä
The Challenge of
Science
19. “Science and Religion: Some Shared Presuppositions,” Thomas Platt
20. “Experience, Experimentalism, and Religious Overbelief: James and Dewey,” Sandra B. Rosenthal
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