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God and the Ethics of Belief: New Essays in Philosophy of Religion
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Philosophy of religion in the Anglo-American tradition experienced a 'rebirth' following the 1955 publication of New Essays in Philosophical Theology (eds. Antony Flew and Alisdair MacIntyre). Fifty years later, this volume of essays offers a sampling of the best work in what is now a very active field, written by some of its most prominent members. A substantial introduction sketches the developments of the last half-century, while also describing the 'ethics of belief' debate in epistemology and showing how it connects to explicitly religious concerns and to the topics of the individual contributions. These topics include: the relationship between God and the natural laws; the metaphysics of bodily resurrection; the role of appeal to 'mystery' in the religious life; the justification of both theistic belief generally and more specific doctrinal beliefs; and the social-political aspects of religious faith and practice.
20/07/2005
An excellent up-to-date overview of the best analytic philosophy of religion. Previously unpublished essays an argument that supports the thesis of the rationality of religious beliefs based on testimony. Despite what the title seems to say, epistemology of religious belief is not the only focus of the book: notably, the last part is devoted to the problems theism faces in the area of social and political philosophy, a growing field in analytical philosophy of religion. For example, Wolterstorff works on the tension between the christian doctrine of forgiveness and the need to recognize the rights of the victim in the common justice. His essay, drawing from Aristotle and Anselme, is subtle and meticulous. For his part, Quinn discusses the question whether Christians have to support political liberalism and for what reasons. Lastly, notice that the editors provide a good historical introduction to the ethics of religious belief and show how analytic philosophy of religion has evolved since the 50's.
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