Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion
About the Book Series
The aim of this series is to publish high quality research monographs in the philosophy of religion. It seeks to make available to an international audience new work in the subject which is at the cutting edge of current debates in the philosophy of religion. The series is not restricted by allegiance to religious confession or philosophical school but welcomes authors and topics from the broadest range in analytical philosophy of religion.
The Exemplarist Theodicy: A Philosophical Response to the Problem of Evil
1st Edition
By Joshua R. Sijuwade
May 28, 2026
This book presents a novel approach to one of the most formidable challenges to theistic belief: the problem of evil. Integrating insights from contemporary moral philosophy and religious thought, it develops a comprehensive framework for understanding how suffering serves as a necessary condition ...
Contemporary Philosophy and the Latter-day Saint Tradition
1st Edition
Edited
By Taylor-Grey Miller, Katharina Paxman
May 22, 2026
The Latter-day Saint theological tradition includes philosophically interesting commitments that are distinctive in relation to Classical Christian traditions. This is the first volume to offer an explicitly philosophical treatment of key ideas in the Latter-day Saint tradition. Contemporary ...
Locke’s Religious Epistemology and Its Critics
1st Edition
By Nathan Rockwood
October 20, 2025
This book offers a sustained defense of Locke’s religious epistemology. It puts Locke into conversation with leading figures in contemporary religious epistemology and shows that Locke’s views are more plausible than many philosophers of religion and epistemologists realize. Locke has become the ...
God, Souls, and Consciousness: Deconditioning the Mind from Naturalism
1st Edition
By Joshua R. Farris
October 14, 2025
This book provides a critique of naturalistic views of subjects and agency, arguing that these are conditioned ways of conceiving of the mind and the cosmos. It draws on the relevant literature on substance dualism, idealism, and theism to draw out the implications for a theistic view of the world....
Analytic Theism: A Philosophical Investigation
1st Edition
By Joshua R. Sijuwade
September 28, 2025
This book explores and develops a new philosophical argument for the existence of God from metaphysics. It focuses on exploring the pressing questions of God’s existence, the truth of theistic belief, and its relevance in modern philosophy. In doing so, it bridges the discussions and debates in the...
Friedrich Schleiermacher’s Philosophy of Religion: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
1st Edition
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By Stefan Lang, Klaus Viertbauer
July 08, 2025
This volume provides a comprehensive account of Friedrich Schleiermacher’s philosophy of religion. The contributors cover the historical context of Schleiermacher’s work, specific aspects of his philosophy of religion, and the ways that his work can contribute to contemporary debates. Friedrich ...
Panentheism in Indian and Western Thought: Cosmopolitan Interventions
1st Edition
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By Benedikt Paul Göcke, Swami Medhananda
December 18, 2024
For too long, scholars interested in panentheism have focused almost exclusively on Western approaches to the issue. This book offers the first in-depth study of a wide range of Indian paradigms of panentheism, both ancient and modern, and brings these paradigms into creative and constructive ...
A Relational Theory of the Atonement: African Contributions to Western Philosophical Theology
1st Edition
By Kirk Lougheed
November 28, 2024
While the atonement is a central component of Christianity, there is little agreement in the tradition about how it should be understood. This book develops and defends a novel relational theory of atonement inspired by African relational ethics. This book brings important themes from African ...
Philosophical Perspectives on Esotericism: From the 19th Century to the Present
1st Edition
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By Olli Pitkänen
November 12, 2024
This volume offers the first systematic philosophical study of esotericism and late modern philosophy. It addresses fundamental philosophical questions related to esotericism and reveals that esoteric ideas have had decisive impact on countless important philosophers, even if this fact has been ...
The Epistemology of Spirit Beliefs
1st Edition
By Hans Van Eyghen
October 08, 2024
This book assesses whether belief in spirits is epistemically justified. It presents two arguments in support of the existence of spirits and arguments that experiences of various sorts (perceptions, mediumship, possession and animistic experiences) can lend justification to spirit-beliefs. Most ...
Classical Theism: New Essays on the Metaphysics of God
1st Edition
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By Jonathan Fuqua, Robert C. Koons
August 26, 2024
This volume provides a contemporary account of classical theism. It features 17 original essays from leading scholars that advance the discussion of classical theism in new and interesting directions. It’s safe to say that classical theism—the view that God is simple, omniscient, and the greatest ...
God, Evil, and Redeeming Good: A Thomistic Theodicy
1st Edition
By Paul A. Macdonald Jr.
August 26, 2024
This book offers an original contribution to debates about the problem of evil and the existence of God. It develops a Thomistic, Christian theodicy, the aim of which is to help us better understand not only why God allows evil, but also how God works to redeem it. In the author’s view, the ...