Philosophy and the Christian Worldview

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 Werther Index

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 (2009) and to Four Views of God and Morality (forthcoming, 2012).

"Philosophy and the Christian Worldview is an exciting, rigorous, fresh treatment of a number of important issues that surface in the act of assessing the merits of a Christian worldview. What impressed me most about the book is its unity and thematic development. While the book included a number of different authors, they have managed to write as one. The book moves carefully from the issue of religious pluralism and worldview assessment, to epistemic topics relevant to the topics surfaced in part one. Given these epistemic considerations, we are then presented with discussions of the relationship between religion and morality and religion and central metaphysical concerns. This book will make an excellent text for a course in philosophy of religion." -- JP Moreland, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Biola University, USA and author of Consciousness and the Existence of God (Routledge, 2008) "The editors have aptly assembled an impressive array of Christian philosophers to honor Professor Keith Yandell's remarkable contributions to the philosophy of religion. The contributors, including Yandell himself, rigorously assess various truth claims pertaining to religious beliefs, and in so doing, provide some significant rational support for the truth of the Christian worldview." - Douglas Groothius, Professor of Philosophy at Denver Seminary and the author of Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith. All the essays are lucid and provocative. Each rewards close attention. All exhibit attributes that are associated with the analytic style: clarity and finely worked analytic reasoning. Some, in particular Wainwright's and Reasoner's chapters, treat with sympathy and care religious traditions other than Christianity. -- James Kellenberger, California State University, Northridge NDPR 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