Issues in Contemporary Philosophy of Religion
This collection of original articles, written by leading contemporary European and American philosophers of religion, is presented in celebration of the publication of the fiftieth volume of the International Journal for Philosophy of Religion. Following
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STUDIES IN PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION
Volume 23
Issues in Contemporary Philosophy of Religion Editedby
EUGENETHOMASLONG Department of Philosophy University of SlJuth Carolina Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Reprinted from International Journal for Philosophy of Religion Volume 50, Nos. 1-3 (2001), Special Publication on the Occasion of the 50th Volume of this Journal
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ISBN 978-94-010-3894-2
ISBN 978-94-010-0516-6 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-94-010-0516-6
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Contents Contemporary philosophy of religion: Issues and approaches by Eugene Thomas Long
1
Postmodemism in philosophy of religion and theology by John Macquarrie
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Philosophy - religion - theology by Adriaan Peperzak
29
Of miracles and special effects by Rent de Vries
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Religious diversity and religious toleration by Philip L. Quinn
57
Theological determinism and the problem of evil: Are Arminians any better off by William J. Wainwright
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The foreknow ledge conundrum by William Rasker
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Theology in philosophy: Revisiting the Five Ways by Fergus Kerr
115
Process philosophy of religion by David Ray Griffin
131
The temporality of God by Keith Ward
153
Some reflections on Indian metaphysics by Keith E. Yandell
171
Gender and the infinite: On the aspiration to be all there is by Pamela Sue Anderson
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Contemporary philosophy of religion: Issues and approaches EUGENE THOMAS LONG University of South Carolina
The following essays are presented in celebration of the publication of the fiftieth volume of the International Journal for the Philosophy of Religion. Since the publication of the first volume in 1970, there has emerged a new era in western philosophy of religion characterized by pluralism in content and method. * Some philosophers identify themselves as traditional theists, often returning to their roots in medieval philosophy. Others seek either to reconstruct the God of classical theism or in some cases leave it behind altogether. Persons often associate the first with Anglo-American or analytic approaches to the philosophy of religion and the latter with Continental or phenomenological approaches to philosophy of religion. There is some justification for this. It is not unusual to see the work of a contemporary analytic philosopher of religion begin with the declaration that by God he or she means the God of classical theism. By contrast the work of a philosopher of religion in the phenomenological tradition may begin with the declaration that theism in its t
