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THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

Philosophy of religion has experienced a renaissance in recent times, paralleling the resurgence in public debate about the place and value of religion in contemporary Western societies. The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Philosophy of Religion is an outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems and debates in this exciting subject. Comprising over thirty chapters by a team of international contributors, the Handbook is divided into seven parts:

theoretical orientations

conceptions of divinity

epistemology of religious belief

metaphysics and religious language

religion and politics

religion and ethics

religion and scientific scrutiny.

Within these sections central issues, debates and problems are examined, including: religious experience, religion and superstition, realism and anti-realism, scientific interpretation of religious texts, feminist approaches to religion, religion in the public square, tolerance, religion and meta-ethics, religion and cognitive science, and the meaning of life. Together, they offer readers an informed understanding of the current state of play in the liveliest areas of contemporary philosophy of religion.

The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Philosophy of Religion is essential reading for students and researchers of philosophy of religion from across the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Graham Oppy is Professor of Philosophy at Monash University, Australia. He is co-editor of the multivolume work The History of Western Philosophy of Religion, and author of Ontological Arguments and Belief in God, Arguing about Gods, Philosophical Perspectives on Infinity, The Best Argument against God, Reinventing Philosophy of Religion, Describing Gods: An Investigation of Divine Attributes, and co-author of Reading Philosophy of Religion.

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THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

Edited by
Graham Oppy

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The Routledge handbook of contemporary philosophy of religion / edited by Graham Oppy.

pages cm. -- (Routledge handbooks in philosophy)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-84465-831-2 (hardback) -- ISBN 978-1-315-71941-2 (e-book) 1. Religion--Philosophy. I. Oppy, Graham Robert, editor.

BL51.R5987 2015

210--dc23

2014037370

ISBN: 978-1-844-65831-2 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-1-315-71941-2 (ebk)

CONTENTS

Beverley Clack

John Panteleimon Manoussakis

N.N. Trakakis

Trent Dougherty and Logan Paul Gage

Genia Schnbaumsfeld

Harriet A. Harris

Karyn L. Lai

Imran Aijaz

Monima Chadha

John Bishop

Jerome Gellman