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Philosophy of religion / John H. Hick.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, 1963.Edition: Fourth editionDescription: ix, 148 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0136626289
  • 0136625118
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BL51 .H52
Contents:
Introduction: What is philosophy of religion? -- The Judaic-Christian concept of God: Monotheism -- Infinite, self-existent -- Creator -- Personal -- Loving, good -- Holy -- Grounds for belief in God: the ontological argument -- The first cause and cosmological arguments -- The design (or teleological) argument -- The moral argument -- The argument from special events and experiences -- Probability and theistic argument -- Grounds for disbelief in God: the sociological theory of religion -- The Freudian theory of religion -- The challenge of modern science -- The problem of evil -- Human destiny: The immortality of the soul -- The re-creation of the psycho-physical person -- Does parapsychology help? -- Revelation and faith: The limits of proof -- The "propositional" view of revelation and faith -- Voluntarist theories of faith -- Tillich's conception of faith as ultimate concern -- A "non-propositional" view of revelation and faith -- A corresponding view of the Bible and theological thinking -- Problems of religious language: the peculiarity of religious language -- The doctrine of analogy (Aquinas) -- Religious statements as symbolic (Paul Tillich) -- Incarnation and the problem of meaning -- Religious language as noncognitive -- Another noncognitive analysis of religious language -- The problem of verification: the question of verifiability -- Two suggested solutions -- The idea of eschatological verification -- Some difficulties and complications -- "Exists," "fact," and "real" --
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Introduction: What is philosophy of religion? --
The Judaic-Christian concept of God: Monotheism --
Infinite, self-existent --
Creator --
Personal --
Loving, good --
Holy --
Grounds for belief in God: the ontological argument --
The first cause and cosmological arguments --
The design (or teleological) argument --
The moral argument --
The argument from special events and experiences --
Probability and theistic argument --
Grounds for disbelief in God: the sociological theory of religion --
The Freudian theory of religion --
The challenge of modern science --
The problem of evil --
Human destiny: The immortality of the soul --
The re-creation of the psycho-physical person --
Does parapsychology help? --
Revelation and faith: The limits of proof --
The "propositional" view of revelation and faith --
Voluntarist theories of faith --
Tillich's conception of faith as ultimate concern --
A "non-propositional" view of revelation and faith --
A corresponding view of the Bible and theological thinking --
Problems of religious language: the peculiarity of religious language --
The doctrine of analogy (Aquinas) --
Religious statements as symbolic (Paul Tillich) --
Incarnation and the problem of meaning --
Religious language as noncognitive --
Another noncognitive analysis of religious language --
The problem of verification: the question of verifiability --
Two suggested solutions --
The idea of eschatological verification --
Some difficulties and complications --
"Exists," "fact," and "real" --

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