Meister, Chad V. 1965- creator text bibliography enk London New York Routledge c2009 2009 monographic eng

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ix, 241 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Religion and the philosophy of religion -- Religion and the world religions -- Philosophy and the philosophy of religion -- Philosophy of religion timeline -- Religious beliefs and practices -- Religious diversity and pluralism -- The diversity of religions -- Religious inclusivism and exclusivism -- Religious pluralism -- Religious relativism -- Evaluating religious systems -- Religious tolerance -- Conceptions of ultimate reality -- Ultimate reality : the absolute and the void -- Ultimate reality : a personal God -- Arguments for God's existence: cosmological -- The argument from contingency -- The sufficient reason argument -- The Kalam argument -- A cosmological argument for atheism -- Arguments for God's existence : teleological -- Paley's design argument -- A fine-tuning argument -- An intelligent design argument -- Arguments for God's existence : ontological -- Anselm's ontological argument -- Plantinga's modal ontological argument -- Problems of evil -- Sketching the terrain -- Theoretical problems of evil -- The existential problem of evil -- Theodicies -- Science, faith, and reason -- Religion and science -- Religious belief and justification -- Religious experience -- The nature and diversity of religious experience -- Religious experience and justification -- Scientific explanations of religious experience -- The self, death, and the afterlife -- Conceptions of the self -- Reincarnation and karma -- Arguments for immortality -- Arguments against immortality. Meister Chad. Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-235) and index. Religion Philosophy Philosophical theology School of Business and Education BL51 .M4855 2009 BL51 .M4855 2009 9780415403276 041540326X (hbk. : alk. paper) 9780415403276 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0415403278 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780203880029 (ebk.) 0203880021 (ebk.) 2008040857 KYU 080916 20260506151550.0 15451085