Philosophy and the Christian Worldview: Analysis, Assessment and Development

Philosophy and the Christian Worldview is a collection of new essays written by fifteen philosophers of religion. Bringing together some of the leading lights in current academic philosophy of religion, including William Hasker, Charles Taliaferro and Keith Yandell, it offers a fresh perspective on four major areas of discussion: Religion and Epistemology; Religion and Morality; Religion and Metaphysics; and Religion and Worldview Assessment.

United by the argument that the core claims of religion have metaphysical, epistemic and moral entailments, these essays represent a state of the art discussion in contemporary philosophy of religion.

"Every essay offers clear and interesting discussions on a wide variety of topics within philosophy of religion and theology. Werther and Linville have done a fine job at bringing together these contributors to offer a careful analysis and development of the Christian worldview while at the same time engaging in cross-cultural assessment. This book deserves a close read from philosophers and theologians." - R.T. Mullins, University of St Andrews (Scotland, UK)

David Werther is the Director of the Independent Learning Program at the University of Wisconsin-Extension, USA.He has published articles in Ars Disputandi, The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Philosophia Christi, Religious Studies and Sophia.

Mark D. Linville is an independent philosopher based in Atlanta, USA. His articles have appeared in the American Philosophical Quarterly, International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Religious Studies, Faith and Philosophy and Philosophia Christi. He is a contributor to the Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology (Blackwell, 2009) and to Four Views of God and Morality (InterVarsity, forthcoming, 2012).
Paul Griffiths is Warren Foundation Professor of Catholic Theology at Duke University Divinity School, USA. He has published fifteen books and many journal articles, with recent publications including: The Vice of Curiosity, Religious Reading: The Place of Reading in the Practice of Religion, Problems of Religious Diversity, and Lying: An Augustinian Theology of Duplicity. In addition, he has published extensively on Indian Buddhism. With Charles Taliaferro he has edited Philosophy of Religion: A Reader and with Reinhard Hütter, Reason and the Reasons of Faith.

Contributors
Forward by Paul J. Griffiths
Introduction Part One: Religion and Worldview Assessment
1. Is Philosophy of Religion Possible? Keith Yandell
2. Religious Pluralism as an Explanation for Religious Diversity Harold Netland
3. The Naturalists are Declaring the Glory of God: Discovering Natural Theology in the Unlikeliest Places Paul Copan Part Two: Religion and Epistemology
4. Internalism and Properly Basic Belief Matthew Davidson and Gordon Barnes
5. In Defense of the Numinous Charles Taliaferro
6. Theistic Mystical Experiences, Enlightenment Experiences, & Ineffability William Wainwright
7. Hume and Religion: Keith Yandell's Assessments Terence Penelhum Part Three: Religion and Morality
8. Why Bertrand Russell Was Not a Moral Realist, Either Mark D Linville
9. Christian Theism and the Evidential Argument from Evil Michael L Peterson
10. Confucian Sincerity and the Imago Dei Paul Reasoner Part Four: Religion and Metaphysics
11. Jaegwon Kim's Rejection of Substance Dualism William Hasker
12. Free Will: The Explanatory Approach Noel Hendrickson
13. Freedom, Temptation and Incarnation David WertherIndex