In 85 new and updated essays, this comprehensive volume provides an
authoritative guide to the philosophy of religion.
* Includes contributions from established philosophers and rising
stars
* 22 new entries have now been added, and all material from the
previous edition has been updated and reorganized
* Broad coverage spans the areas of world religions, theism,
atheism, , the problem of evil, science and religion, and
ethics
关于作者
Charles Taliaferro is professor of philosophy at St. Olaf
College and the author or editor of eleven books, including
Evidence and Faith: Philosophy and Religion since the
Seventeenth Century (2005). He is on the editorial board of
American Philosophical Quarterly, Philosophy Compass,
Sophia, and Religious Studies, and has been a
visiting scholar at NYU and Oxford, Princeton, and Columbia
Universities.
Paul Draper is professor of philosophy at Purdue
University and a former president of the Society for Philosophy of
Religion. He is the author of the article ‘Pain and Pleasure: An
Evidential Problem for Theists’ in Nous (1989) and the
editor of God or Blind Nature? Philosophers Debate the
Evidence (2007). He is editor of Philo: A Journal of
Philosophy and serves on the editorial boards of
International Journal for Philosophy of Religion and
Faith and Philosophy.
Philip L. Quinn (1940-2004) was John A. O’Brien Professor
of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana. He was
author of Divine Commands and Moral Requirements (1978) and
of numerous articles in philosophy of religion, philosophy of
science, theoretical physics, religious ethics, metaphysics,
epistemology, value theory, political philosophy, and philosophy
and literature.