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Title

The rationality of belief & the plurality of faith : essays in honor of William P. Alston / edited by Thomas D. Senor.

Publication

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1995.

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Additional Authors

• Alston, William P.
• Senor, Thomas D. (Thomas David), 1960-

Description

x, 291 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"A veritable who's who in the field of contemporary philosophy of religion here considers various issues in the epistemology of religious beliefs. The writings of William P. Alston, the leading figure in the revival of the Anglo-American philosophy of religion, provide the focus of these essays, all but two previously unpublished. Philosophers of religion, epistemologists, metaphysicians, and theologians will find in this volume some of the most important work available in the theory of knowledge and the epistemic status of religious belief." "Essays are arranged in three sections: Natural Theology and the Knowledge of God, The Epistemology of Religious Experience, and Religious Pluralism. Collectively they create a dialogue on some of today's urgent issues in religion, including religious diversity."--BOOK JACKET.

Alternative Title

Rationality of belief and the plurality of faith

Subject

• Knowledge, Theory of (Religion)
• Religion > Philosophy
• Religious pluralism

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Part I. Natural theology and the knowledge of God -- ch. 1. Praying the Proslogion : Anselm's theological method / Marilyn McCord Adams -- ch. 2. Can philosophy argue God's existence? / Brian Leftow -- ch. 3. William Alston on the problem of evil / William Rowe -- ch. 4. God's knowledge and its causal efficacy / Eleonore Stump and Norman Kretzmann -- Part II. The epistemology of religious experience -- ch. 5. Religious experience and the practice conception of justification / Robert Audi -- ch. 6. The epistemic value of religious experience : perceptual and explanatory models / William Hasker -- ch. 7. Religious language, religious experience, and religious pluralism / William Wainwright -- Part II. Religious pluralism -- ch. 8. Pluralism : a defense of religious exclusivism / Alvin Plantinga -- ch. 9. Non est Hick / Peter van Inwagen -- ch. 10. Perceiving God, world-views, and faith : meeting the problem of religious pluralism / Joseph Runzo -- ch. 11. Polytheism / George I. Mavrodes.

ISBN

0801431271 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^95024730^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library