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Philosophy of religionCan language adequately describe God? What might God be like? How have scholars argued that God exists? What about evil? Where does scientific discovery leave religion?In this section you'll find articles on language, the nature of God, including analysis of beliefs about God's action in the world such as miracles and religious experience, of concepts of life after death and the meaning of prayer???, and arguments for the existence of God, including ontological, cosmological and design arguments, the place of religious experience and miracles in supporting belief, the place of authority in supporting beliefs and evaluation of probability / cumulative arguments) ???. There are also articles on the problem of evil and suffering, and on the place of faith and reason, including the relationship between science and religion, which is examined in more detail here. Other resources includeMagazines Dialogue (a full archive of past articles available) Videos Richard Dawkins in a panel discussion on God, Philosophy, religion (8 March 2010) William Lane Craig defends arguments for God's existence Professor Keith Ward responds to Dawkins Professor Terry Eagleton discusses Faith and Reason at Yale University |
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Either God cannot abolish evil, or he will not; if he cannot, then he is not all-powerful, if he will not, then he is not all good. Confessions Augustine In order to give people the freedom to come to God, God creates them at a distance. Evil and the God of Love John Hick We are nihilistic thoughts that pop into God's head ... our world is only a bad mood of God, a bad day of his. W. Benjamin, Selected Writings, Vol 2, Harvard University Press, 1999 Franz Kafka Last of all he will be able to see the sun, and not mere reflections of him in the water, but he will see him in his own proper place, and not in another; and he will contemplate him as he is. Book VII of The Republic, The Allegory of the Cave Plato FURTHER READING
The Puzzle of God Peter Vardy (Fount, 3rd ed 1999) An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion Brian Davies (OUP, 3rd ed 2003) Philosophy of Religion: A Guide and Anthology Brian Davies (OUP, 2000) The Philosophy of Religion John Hick (Pearson Education, 4th ed 1999) The Vocation of the Catholic Philosopher: from Maritain to John Paul II ed John P Hittinger (CUAP, 2011) Read The Tablet's review here The Nature of God Gerard Hughes (Routledge, 1995) The Varieties of Religious Experience William James (Penguin Classics, 1983) The Question of God: An Introductory Commentary and Sourcebook Michael Palmer (Routledge 2001) The Existence of God Richard Swinburne (Clarendon, 2004) The Miracle of Theism: Arguments for and against the Existence of God J L Mackie (OUP, 1982) The Puzzle of Evil Peter Vardy (Fount, 3rd ed 1999) Evil and the God of Love John Hick (Palgrave Macmillan, reissued 2010) The Problem of Evil Oxford Readings in Philosophy, ed Adams & Adams (OUP 1990) Reason and Religious Belief: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion ed Petersen et al (OUP, 2008) Pragmatism and Other Writings William James (Penguin Classics, 2003)
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