TY  - GEN
T1  - Belief in God : an introduction to the philosophy of religion
A1  - Mawson, T. J.
LA  - English
PP  - Oxford : Oxford ; New York
PB  - Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press
YR  - 2005
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm86073887
AB  - T.J. Mawson's highly readable and engaging new introduction to the philosophy of religion offers full coverage of the key issues, from ideas about God's nature and character to arguments for and against His existence. Mawson's conversational style, lively wit, and enlightening examples make Belief in God as pleasurable as it is instructive and thought-provoking. It makes an ideal text for beginning undergraduate courses and for anyone thinking about these most important of questions. Belief in God answers two questions: what, if anything, is it that Jews, Christians, and Muslims are agreeing about when they join in claiming that there is a God; and what, if any, prospects are there for rationally defending or attacking this claim? In the context of a sustained argument for particular answers to these questions, Tim Mawson tackles many of the most prominent topics in the philosophy of religion. He argues that those who believe that there is a God are best interpreted as believing that there is a being who is essentially personal, transcendent, immanent, omnipotent, omniscient, eternal, perfectly free, perfectly good, and necessary, and non-essentially creator of the world and value, revealer of Himself, and offerer of everlasting life.
AB  - Having explored the meaning and consistency of this conception of God in the first half of the book, Mawson goes on to consider whether or not belief or the absence of belief in such a God might be the sort of thing that does not rationally require argument and, if not, what thecriteria for a good argument for or against such a God's existence might be. Having established some criteria, he uses them to evaluate specific arguments for and against the existence of such a God. He looks at the Argument to Design; the Cosmological Argument; the Ontological Argument; the Argument from Religious Experience; the Argument from Apparent Miracles; the Problem of Evil; and Pascal's Wager. Finally, he explores the relation between faith and reason. In the course of his argument, Mawson makes striking new claims and defends or attacks established positions in new ways. His conversational style, lively wit, and enlightening examples make Belief in God as pleasurable as it is instructive and thought-provoking. It makes an ideal text for beginning undergraduate courses and for anyone thinking about these most important of questions.
OP  - 272
CN  - BT130 .M39 2005eb
SN  - 9780191534799
SN  - 019153479X
SN  - 1429460180
SN  - 9781429460187
SN  - 1281346187
SN  - 9781281346186
SN  - 9780199284955
SN  - 0199284954
SN  - 0199276315
SN  - 9780199276318
KW  - God (Christianity) : Attributes.
KW  - God : Proof.
KW  - Dieu (Christianisme) : Attributs.
KW  - Dieu : Existence.
KW  - RELIGION : Philosophy.
KW  - God (Christianity) : Attributes
KW  - God : Proof
ER  -