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Philosophy of Religion (HSA020N247H) | University of Roehampton 09/25/21 Philosophy of Religion (HSA020N247H) | University of Roehampton Philosophy of Religion (HSA020N247H) View Online (Module Validation) Philosophy of Religion How are we to approach the philosophy of religion? Is it more than the philosophy of God? and what, if anything, does it have to do with the various practical and moral issues which occupy us as human beings? We shall approach the subject in a manner which acknowledges the significance of these practical and methodological issues, and will consider questions such as the following. What is the relation between science and religion? Does it make sense to say that there is purpose in the natural world? How are we to understand the purpose of our human lives? What is the relation between spirituality and religion? Is God necessary for morality? What is religious experience? Is there anything problematic in the idea that we need to be saved? 121 items Key Texts (1 items) Philosophy of Religion: Towards a More Humane Approach - John Cottingham, 2014 Book | Essential Reading Topic 1: What is philosophy of religion? (7 items) See accompanying handouts for each lecture New models of religious understanding - 2018 Book | Essential Reading | The Introduction is helpful in this context. Philosophy of Religion: Towards a More Humane Approach - John Cottingham, 2014 Book | Essential Reading | ch 1, ‘Method’ Why Philosophy Matters for the Study of Religion--And Vice Versa - Thomas A. Lewis, 2017 Book | Essential Reading | Introduction and ch 1. What is philosophy of religion? - Charles Taliaferro, 2019 Book | Essential Reading | ch 1. 1/11 09/25/21 Philosophy of Religion (HSA020N247H) | University of Roehampton Prolegomena to a philosophy of religion - J. L. Schellenberg, ebrary, Inc, 2005 Book | Further Reading Alternative concepts of God: essays on the metaphysics of the divine - 2016 Book | Further Reading | ‘God For All Time: From Theism to Ultimism’, pp. 164-177. Philosophy of religion: a guide and anthology - Brian Davies, 2000 Book | Essential Reading | (Essential): Chapter 1, Sections 9, 10, 11 (Ayer, Swinburne, Flew); (Recommended): Sections 8, 12 (Augustine, Aquinas). Topic 2 Science, Religion, and Naturalism (11 items) Galen Strawson reviews ‘Saving God’ by Mark Johnston and ‘Surviving Death’ by Mark Johnston · LRB 2 June 2011 Webpage | Essential Reading Saving God: religion after idolatry - Mark Johnston, ©2009 Book | Essential Reading | ch 3 supernaturalism and naturalism' It's Not God Who Needs Saving - It's Us | Standpoint Webpage | Essential Reading What is philosophy of religion? - Charles Taliaferro, 2019 Book | ch 1 ‘Philosophy of Religion and Science’. Where does the God Delusion come from? - Nicholas Lash, 2008 Chapter | Essential Reading | Essay on 'The God Delusion' - This extract has been digitised for your convenience, print copies are also available in the library. Arguing for Atheism - Michael Shermer, 20070126 Article | Essential Reading Terry Eagleton reviews ‘The God Delusion’ by Richard Dawkins · LRB 19 October 2006 Webpage | Essential Reading New models of religious understanding - 2018 Book | Essential Reading | Essay by John Cottingham 'Transcending Science', and Fiona Ellis 'Religious Understanding, Naturalism, and Theory' God, value, and nature - Fiona Ellis, 2014 Book | Essential Reading | ch 1 'Naturalism and Supernaturalism' Naturalism in Question - David Macarthur, 15 Dec. 2008 Book | Essential Reading | Read introduction (and whatever else interests you!) 2/11 09/25/21 Philosophy of Religion (HSA020N247H) | University of Roehampton Naturalism and Its Limits - The New York Times Webpage | Essential Reading Topic 3 Miracles (2021) (6 items) Enquiries concerning human understanding, and concerning the principles of morals - David Hume, 1975 Book | Essential Reading | David Hume, ‘Of Miracles’, in Enquiries concerning Human Understanding and concerning the Principles of Morals, Section X An introduction to the philosophy of religion - Brian Davies, 2004 Book | Essential Reading | Chapter 11 Standford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Miracles - McGrew, Timothy, 2010/10/11 Article | Essential Reading The miracle of theism: arguments for and against the existence of God - J. L. Mackie, 1982 Book | Essential Reading | Chapter 1. This extract has been digitised for your convenience. Print copies are also available in the Library. Was Jesus God? - Richard Swinburne, 2010 Book | Essential Reading | Ch. 8, ‘The Resurrection of Jesus’. This extract has been digitised for your convenience. Print copies are also available in the Library. The concept of miracle - Richard Swinburne, ©1970 Book | Further Reading Topic Nature and Purpose (8 items) Evolution: Teleology or chance? - F. J. K. Soontie ̈ ns, 199103 Article | Essential Reading What Would Teleological Causation Be? - Daniel Nolan, 2006 Chapter | Further Reading | Essay 'What would teleological causation be'. Pretty difficult but good. This extract has been digitised for your convenience. Print copies of the book are also available in the Library. Why The Idea Of Purpose Won't Go Away - 2011 Article | Essential Reading | V good! Teleology: A Shopper's Guide - Evangelical Philosophical Society Webpage | Essential Reading | Individuals can download the article from this site. It's excellent! Philosophy of Religion: Towards a More Humane Approach - John Cottingham, 2014 Book | Essential Reading | ch 5 3/11 09/25/21 Philosophy of Religion (HSA020N247H) | University of Roehampton The purpose of life: a theistic perspective - Stewart Goetz, c2012 Book | Further Reading | ch 5 'Obstacles to Belief' Mind and cosmos: why the materialist neo-Darwinian conception of nature is almost certainly false - Thomas Nagel, 2012 Book | Essential Reading | ch 2 Evolution and religious creation myths: how scientists respond - Paul F. Lurquin, Linda Stone, 2007 Book | Further Reading | ch 1 Topic 4 The meaning of life (12 items) Good and evil - Richard Taylor, 2000 Book | Essential Reading | Ch 8 'The Meaning of Life' Meaning in Life - Thaddeus Metz, 30 Jan. 2016 Book | Essential Reading | Read Introduction especially. Life, Meaning Of - Joshua Seachris Article | Essential Reading | Excellent overview. Freely available at this page. Exploring the meaning of life : ananthology and guide - Thaddeus ; Cottingham Metz, 2012 Book | Essential Reading | Introduction. pp23-28 This extract has been digitised for your convenience. Print copies are also available in the Library. Value and virtue in a godless universe - Erik J. Wielenberg, 2005 Book | Essential Reading | ch 1 ‘God and Meaning’ Desire, Infinity, and the Meaning of Life - FIONA ELLIS, 20111001 Article | Essential Reading What is philosophy of religion? - Charles Taliaferro, 2019 Book | Essential Reading | ch 2 ‘Philosophy of Religion and the Meaning of Life’. On the meaning of life - John Cottingham, ebrary, Inc, 2003 Book | Further Reading The Variety of Values: Essays On Morality, Meaning, And Love - 24 Dec. 2014 Book | Essential Reading | Read 'The Meanings of Lives' Recent Work on the Meaning of Life and Philosophy of Religion - T. J. Mawson, December 2013 Article | Essential Reading Exploring the meaning of life: an anthology and guide - Joshua W. Seachris, 2012 4/11 09/25/21 Philosophy of Religion (HSA020N247H) | University of Roehampton Book | Further Reading | Excellent resource. God and meaning: new essays - 2016 Book | Essential Reading Topic 5 Spirituality and Religion (9 items) Spirituality and the good life: philosophical approaches - 2017 Book | Essential Reading | Chapters by Ellis, Cottingham, and Introduction It's Not God Who Needs Saving - It's Us | Standpoint Webpage | Essential Reading | V helpful and interesting Galen Strawson reviews ‘Saving God’ by Mark Johnston and ‘Surviving Death’ by Mark Johnston · LRB 2 June 2011 Webpage | Essential Reading | Great piece from an atheist who's sympathetic to what Johnston's trying to do. Freely available online The spiritual dimension: religion, philosophy, and human value - John Cottingham, 2005 Book | Further Reading | Most of this you'll find helpful. Saving God: religion after idolatry - Mark Johnston, ©2009 Book | Further Reading | see handout for guidance. Sections on spiritual materialism relevant. The kindness of God: metaphor, gender, and religious language - Janet Martin Soskice, 2007 Book | Further Reading Spirituality for the Skeptic - Professor Robert C. Solomon, 2007 Book | Further Reading The book of atheist spirituality - Andre ́ Comte-Sponville, 2009 Book | Further Reading | Interesting book by someone whose background is religious Waking up : a guide to spirituality without religion. Sam Harris - Sam Harris, 2015 Book | Further Reading Topic 6 God, Morality and Euthyphro’s Dilemma (2021) (12 items) The last days of Socrates: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo - Plato, Hugh Tredennick, Harold Tarrant, 2003 5/11 09/25/21 Philosophy of Religion (HSA020N247H) | University of Roehampton Book | Essential Reading | "Euthyphro". This extract has been digitised for your convenience. Print copies are also available in the Library. Divine commands and morality - 1981 Book | Further Reading Christian theism and the problems of philosophy - 1990 Book | Further Reading | William Alston, ‘Some Suggestion for Divine Command Philosophy of religion: an anthology - Charles Taliaferro, Paul J. Griffiths, 2003 Book | Essential Reading | Robert M. Adams, ‘A Modified Divine Command Theory of Ethical Wrongness’, in Philosophy of Religion: An Anthology, edited by Charles Taliaferro and Paul Griffiths, pp. 462-76.
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