Synopsis

This substantial anthology is a comprehensive, authoritative collection of the classical and contemporary readings in the philosophy of religion, providing a survey and analysis of the key issues, figures and concepts.

• Comprises the most comprehensive and authoritative collection of the classical and contemporary readings in the philosophy of religion.
  
• Provides a survey and analysis of the key issues, figures and concepts.
  
• Examines religious identity, theism and divine attributes, explanations of religion, and theistic arguments.
  
• Includes readings concerned with nontheistic religions, evils and goods, religious values, personal identity, and death.

Biography

Charles Taliaferro is Professor of Philosophy at St. Olaf College. He is author of Consciousness and the Mind of God (1994), Contemporary Philosophy of Religion (Blackwell 1998), and co-editor of A Companion to Philosophy of Religion (Blackwell, 1997).

Paul J. Griffiths is Schmitt Chair of Catholic Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is author of On Being Buddha: The Classical Doctrine of Buddhahood (1994), Religious Reading: The Place of Reading in the Practice of Religion (1999), and Problems of Religious Diversity (Blackwell, 2001).