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Overview
Exploring the Philosophy of Religion combines the best features of a text and a reader. Organized around seven topics, each of the 28 readings is long enough to allow students to encounter first-hand the works of a major thinker.The introductions to the readings are clear and concise and help prepare students for meaningful class discussion.The topics begin with religious experience then transition to the relation of religion to life, to human destiny, and then on to arguments for God’s existence and the problem of evil. The last two sections analyze the relationship between faith and reason and the nature of religious language.Synopsis
Professor David Stewart called upon his 30 years of teaching experience to introduce readers to the important study of faith and reason. Beginning students often find primary sources alone too difficult so this text offers primary source materials by a variety of significant philosophers–including a balanced blend of classical and contemporary authors–but the materials are supported by clearly written introductions, which better prepare readers to understand the subject matter.
Booknews
Combines features of a textbook and a reader, offering students with a limited background in philosophy help in understanding readings from primary sources. The 28 readings were chosen as having a permanent place in the philosophy of religion, but are presented in no particular order. They cover religious experience, arguments for God's existence, faith and reason, religious language, evil, human destiny, and religion and life. Neither the glossary nor the biographical sketches includes pronunciation guides. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.