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.
Systematic Atheology: Atheism’s Reasoning with Theology
1st Edition
By John R. Shook
September 30, 2020
Atheology is the intellectual effort to understand atheism, defend the reasonableness of unbelief, and support nonbelievers in their encounters with religion. This book presents a historical overview of the development of atheology from ancient thought to the present day. It offers in-depth ...
Eighteenth-Century Dissent and Cambridge Platonism: Reconceiving the Philosophy of Religion
1st Edition
By Louise Hickman
August 14, 2020
Eighteenth-Century Dissent and Cambridge Platonism identifies an ethically and politically engaged philosophy of religion in eighteenth century Rational Dissent, particularly in the work of Richard Price (1723-1791), and in the radical thought of Mary Wollstonecraft. It traces their ...
Philosophical Approaches to Demonology
1st Edition
Edited
By Benjamin W. McCraw, Robert Arp
August 14, 2020
In contradistinction to the many monographs and edited volumes devoted to historical, cultural, or theological treatments of demonology, this collection features newly written papers by philosophers and other scholars engaged specifically in philosophical argument, debate, and dialogue involving ...
The Arguments of Aquinas: A Philosophical View
1st Edition
By J.J. MacIntosh
December 12, 2019
The Arguments of Aquinas is intended for readers with philosophical interests, who may not be specialists in medieval philosophy. Some think that a medieval saint must be, as such, wrong, dated, and boring; others feel that a saint, any saint, must be right, relevant, and inspirational. Both groups...
Philosophical Approaches to the Devil
1st Edition
Edited
By Benjamin W. McCraw, Robert Arp
January 23, 2019
This collection brings together new papers addressing the philosophical challenges that the concept of a Devil presents, bringing philosophical rigor to treatments of the Devil. Contributors approach the idea of the Devil from a variety of philosophical traditions, methodologies, and styles, ...
Galileo and the Conflict between Religion and Science
1st Edition
By Gregory Dawes
January 17, 2019
For more than 30 years, historians have rejected what they call the ‘warfare thesis’ – the idea that there is an inevitable conflict between religion and science – insisting that scientists and believers can live in harmony. This book disagrees. Taking as its starting point the most famous of all ...
God and the Multiverse: Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Klaas Kraay
June 16, 2017
In recent decades, scientific theories have postulated the existence of many universes beyond our own. The details and implications of these theories are hotly contested. Some philosophers argue that these scientific models count against the existence of God. Others, however, argue that if God ...
Is Faith in God Reasonable?: Debates in Philosophy, Science, and Rhetoric
1st Edition
Edited
By Corey Miller, Paul Gould
July 27, 2016
The question of whether faith in God is reasonable is of renewed interest in today’s academy. In light of this interest, as well as the rise of militant religion and terrorism and the emergent reaction by neo-atheism, this volume considers this important question from the views of contemporary...
Divine Intervention: Metaphysical and Epistemological Puzzles
1st Edition
By Evan Fales
April 23, 2015
This study is a new look at the question of how God can act upon the world, and whether the world can affect God, examining contemporary work on the metaphysics of causation and laws of nature, and current work in the theory of knowledge and mysticism. It has been traditional to address such ...
Metaphysics and God: Essays in Honor of Eleonore Stump
1st Edition
Edited
By Kevin Timpe
April 23, 2015
This volume focuses on contemporary issues in the philosophy of religion through an engagement with Eleonore Stump’s seminal work in the field. Topics covered include: the metaphysics of the divine nature (e.g., divine simplicity and eternity); the nature of love and God’s relation to human ...
Theism and Explanation
1st Edition
By Gregory W. Dawes
April 23, 2015
In this timely study, Dawes defends the methodological naturalism of the sciences. Though religions offer what appear to be explanations of various facts about the world, the scientist, as scientist, will not take such proposed explanations seriously. Even if no natural explanation were available, ...
The Metaphysics of Perfect Beings
1st Edition
By Michael J. Almeida
June 09, 2014
The Metaphysics of Perfect Beings addresses the problems an Anselmian perfect being faces in contexts involving unlimited options. Recent advances in the theory of vagueness, the metaphysics of multiverses and hyperspace, the theory of dynamic or sequential choice, the logic of moral and rational ...