| Author | : Richard M. Gale |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 351 |
| Release | : 2016-08-26 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 1107142350 |
This influential book evaluates the arguments for the existence and nature of God that emerged in the late twentieth century.
| Author | : Richard M. Gale |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 442 |
| Release | : 1993-07-30 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 9780521457231 |
There has been in recent years a plethora of defences of theism from analytical philosophers: Richard Gale's important book is a critical response to these writings. New versions of cosmological, ontological, and religious experience arguments are critically evaluated, along with pragmatic arguments to justify faith on the grounds of its prudential or moral benefits. In considering arguments for and against the existence of God, Gale is able to clarify many important philosophical concepts including exploration, time, free will, personhood, actuality, and the objectivity of experience.
| Author | : Denys Turner |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 296 |
| Release | : 2004-09-16 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780521602563 |
The proposition that the existence of God is demonstrable by rational argument is doubted by nearly all philosophical opinion today and is thought by most Christian theologians to be incompatible with Christian faith. This book argues that, on the contrary, there are reasons of faith why in principle the existence of God should be thought rationally demonstrable and that it is worthwhile revisiting the theology of Thomas Aquinas to see why this is so. The book further suggests that philosophical objections to proofs of God's existence rely upon an attenuated and impoverished conception of reason which theologians of all monotheistic traditions might wish to reject. Denys Turner proposes that on a broader and deeper conception of it, human rationality is open to the 'sacramental shape' of creation as such and in its exercise of rational proof of God it in some way participates in that sacramentality of all things.
| Author | : Richard Simmons, 3rd |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 2019-11-30 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781939358226 |
This book is a series of short essays seeking to answer life's most enduring question: Does God exist? I have attempted to craft a book that is well researched (I have been conducting this research for over 30 years) but also easy to read and understand. Each essay can be read in less than 10 minutes. In the end it is important to know whether God exists or He does not exist. There is no third option. What I am seeking to do in this book is to determine which of these beliefs is true and which one is not.
| Author | : William Lane Craig |
| Publisher | : Crossway |
| Total Pages | : 259 |
| Release | : 2001-03-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1433517566 |
This remarkable work offers an analytical exploration of the nature of divine eternity and God's relationship to time.
| Author | : C. Stephen Evans |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 218 |
| Release | : 2010-05-27 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 0199217165 |
Is there such a thing as natural knowledge of God? C. Stephen Evans presents the case for understanding theistic arguments as expressions of natural signs in order to gain a new perspective both on their strengths and weaknesses. Three classical, much-discussed theistic arguments - cosmological, teleological, and moral - are examined for the natural signs they embody. At the heart of this book lie several relatively simple ideas. One is that if there is a God of the kind accepted by Christians, Jews, and Muslims, then it is likely that a 'natural' knowledge of God is possible. Another is that this knowledge will have two characteristics: it will be both widely available to humans and yet easy to resist. If these principles are right, a new perspective on many of the classical arguments for God's existence becomes possible. We understand why these arguments have for many people a continued appeal but also why they do not constitute conclusive 'proofs' that settle the debate once and for all. Touching on the interplay between these ideas and contemporary scientific theories about the origins of religious belief, particularly the role of natural selection in predisposing humans to form beliefs in God or gods, Evans concludes that these scientific accounts of religious belief are fully consistent, even supportive, of the truth of religious convictions.
| Author | : Richard Swinburne |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 138 |
| Release | : 2010-01-07 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 019958043X |
Is There a God? offers a powerful response to modern doubts about the existence of God. It may seem today that the answers to all fundamental questions lie in the province of science, and that the scientific advances of the twentieth century leave little room for God. Cosmologists have rolled back their theories to the moment of the Big Bang, the discovery of DNA reveals the key to life, the theory of evolution explains the development of life... and with each new discoveryor development, it seems that we are closer to a complete understanding of how things are. For many people, this gives strength to the belief that God is not needed to explain the universe; that religious belief is not based on reason; and that the existence of God is, intellectually, a lost cause.Richard Swinburne, one of the most distinguished philosophers of religion of our day, argues that on the contrary, science provides good grounds for belief in God. Why is there a universe at all ? Why is there any life on Earth? How is it that discoverable scientific laws operate in the universe? Professor Swinburne uses the methods of scientific reasoning to argue that the best answers to these questions are given by the existence of God. The picture of the universe that science gives us iscompleted by God.This new, updated edition of Richard Swinburne's popular introductory book Is There a God? features two substantial changes. He presents a new, stronger argument why theism does and materialism does not provide a very simple ultimate explanation of the world. And he examines the idea of the possible existence of many other universes, and its relevance to his arguments from the fine-tuning of our universe to the existence of God.
| Author | : Gerard Hughes |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 232 |
| Release | : 2005-08-04 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 1134809662 |
First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
| Author | : Yujin Nagasawa |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 186 |
| Release | : 2011-04-19 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 1136737456 |
Does God exist? What are the various arguments that seek to prove the existence of God? Can atheists refute these arguments? The Existence of God: A Philosophical Introduction assesses classical and contemporary arguments concerning the existence of God: the ontological argument, introducing the nature of existence, possible worlds, parody objections, and the evolutionary origin of the concept of God the cosmological argument, discussing metaphysical paradoxes of infinity, scientific models of the universe, and philosophers’ discussions about ultimate reality and the meaning of life the design argument, addressing Aquinas’s Fifth Way, Darwin’s theory of evolution, the concept of irreducible complexity, and the current controversy over intelligent design and school education. Bringing the subject fully up to date, Yujin Nagasawa explains these arguments in relation to recent research in cognitive science, the mathematics of infinity, big bang cosmology, and debates about ethics and morality in light of contemporary political and social events. The book also includes fascinating insights into the passions, beliefs and struggles of the philosophers and scientists who have tackled the challenge of proving the existence of God, including Thomas Aquinas, and Kurt Gödel - who at the end of his career as a famous mathematician worked on a secret project to prove the existence of God. The Existence of God: A Philosophical Introduction is an ideal gateway to the philosophy of religion and an excellent starting point for anyone interested in arguments about the existence of God.
