2. Edition - March 2010
162.- Euro
2010. 784 Pages, Hardcover
- Handbook/Reference Book -
ISBN-10: 1-4051-6357-7
ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-6357-6 - John Wiley & Sons






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Short description
In 85 new and updated essays written by an outstanding cast of leading scholars and rising stars in the field, this comprehensive volume provides an authoritative guide to the philosophy of religion. This extensively revised second edition contains 22 new entries combined with updated and reorganized, material from the previous edition. Engagingly written in a style that appeals both to the non-specialist and the professional philosopher, this volume provides a broad survey of the issues in the philosophy of religion, and offers an invaluable reference resource which will be referred to again and again.

From the contents
List of Contributors.

Acknowledgements.

Introduction to the Second Edition.

Part I: Philosophical Issues in the Religions of the World.

Part II: Philosophical Theology and Philosophy of Religion in Western History.

Part III: Philosophy of Religion and Religious Philosophy in the Twentieth Century.

Part IV: The Concept of God.

Part V: The Justification of Religious Belief.

Part VI: Challenges to Theistic Belief.

Part VII: Religion and Science.

Part VIII: Religion and Values.

Part IX: Current Trends and New Directions.

Resources for Further Study.

Index.