Philosophy of Religion Selected Readings [Paperback]

This third edition ofPhilosophy of Religionoffers a wide variety of readings designed to introduce students to important issues in the philosophy of religion. The authors have coupled new readings--including essays by Robert M. Adams, Peter Van Inwagen, and William P. Alston--with readings from classical philosophers, offering students an even more comprehensive and well-focused text. Many of the essays are particularly accessible to beginning philosophy students. New essays cover religious pluralism, teleological and moral arguments for God's existence, and the problem of evil.Philosophy of Religion, 3/eis an excellent choice for use as a main text or as a supplement for introductory courses in philosophy and religion.

I. The Nature and Attributes of God
Introduction
Necessary Being
The Divine Nature Exists through Itself, fromMonologium,St. Anselm
God's Nature Cannot Be Separated from His Existence, fromSumma Theologica,St. Thomas Aquinas
Divine Necessity,Robert M. Adams
Can God's Existence Be Disproved?,J. N. Findlay
Knowledge
Divine Foreknowledge and Freedom of the Will, fromThe Consolation of Philosophy,Boethius
The Knowledge of God, fromSumma Theologica,St. Thomas Aquinas
Divine Omniscience and Voluntary Action,Nelson Pike
Power
The Omnipotence of God, fromSumma Theologica,St. Thomas Aquinas
Can God Do Evil?, fromA Discourse Concerning the Being and Attributes of God,Samuel Clarke
Omnipotence,P. T. Geach
The Metaphysical Attributes
God Is Timeless, Immutable, and Impassible, fromProslogiumandMonologium,St. Anselm
The Simplicity and Immutability of God, fromSumma Theologica,St. Thomas Aquinas
The Divine Relativity, fromThe Divine Relativity