Experience, Explanation and Faith: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion (Routledge Library Editions: Philosophy of Religion) - Softcover

O'Hear, Anthony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138969303 ISBN 13: 9781138969308

Publisher: Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

In this book Anthony O’Hear examines the reasons that are given for religious faith. His approach is firmly within the classical tradition of natural theology, but an underlying theme is the differences between the personal Creator of the Bible or the Koran and a God conceived of as the indeterminate ground of everything determinate.

Drawing on several religious traditions and on the resources of contemporary philosophy, specific chapters analyse the nature of religious faith and of religious experience. They examine connections between religion and morality, and religion and human knowledge – the cosmological, teleological and ontological arguments, process thought, and the problem that evil presents for religion. The final chapter returns to the inherently dogmatic nature of religious faith and concludes that rational people should look beyond religion for the fulfilment of their spiritual needs.

About this title

About the Author:

Anthony O'Hear is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Buckingham, where he is also Head of the Department of Education. He is the editor of the journal Philosophy and Honorary Director of the Royal Institute of Philosophy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1138969303
• ISBN 13: 9781138969308
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288