Advertisement

Scientific Approaches to the Philosophy of Religion

  • Yujin Nagasawa
Book

Part of the Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion book series (PFPR)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-x
    PDF

  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction
      Yujin Nagasawa
      Pages 1-7

  3. Divine Attributes

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 9-9
      PDF
    2. The Necessity of God and the Psychology of Counterfactual Thinking
      Robin Le Poidevin
      Pages 11-27
    3. Why Would Anyone Believe in a Timeless God? Two Types of Theology
      Benjamin Murphy
      Pages 28-45

  4. God, Creation and Evolution

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 47-47
      PDF
    2. Darwin’s Argument from Evil
      Paul Draper
      Pages 49-70
    3. Attributing Agency: Fast and Frugal or All Things Considered?
      Graham Wood
      Pages 71-91

  5. God and the Universe

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 93-93
      PDF
    2. On Non-Singular Space-times and the Beginning of the Universe
      William Lane Craig, James D. Sinclair
      Pages 95-142
    3. The Theistic Multiverse: Problems and Prospects
      Klaas J. Kraay
      Pages 143-162

  6. Religious Beliefs

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 163-163
      PDF
    2. How Relevant Is the Cognitive Science of Religion to Philosophy of Religion?
      David Leech, Aku Visala
      Pages 165-183
    3. The Rationality of Classical Theism and Its Demographics
      T. J. Mawson
      Pages 184-201

  7. Religious Tolerance and Disagreement

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 203-203
      PDF
    2. Coercion, Consequence and Salvation
      Steve Clarke
      Pages 205-223
    3. Polarized Yet Warranted Christian Belief
      David Efird
      Pages 224-234

  8. The Compatibility of Science and Religion

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 235-235
      PDF
    2. Freedom, Science and Religion
      Katherin A. Rogers
      Pages 237-254
    3. The Compatibility of Science and Religion: Why the Warfare Thesis Is False
      Michael Ruse
      Pages 255-274
  9. Back Matter
    Pages 275-280
    PDF

About this book

Introduction

Tackling central problems in philosophy of religion by referring to relevant theories and findings in cognitive science, anthropology, developmental psychology, decision theory, biology, physics, cosmology, the contributors address a range of topics, including divine attributes; God, creation and evolution; God and the universe; religious beliefs.

Keywords

god philosophy of religion religion religious belief

Editors and affiliations

  • Yujin Nagasawa
    • 1
  1. 1.University of BirminghamUK

Bibliographic information