Rationality, Religious Belief, and Moral Commitment: New Essays in the Philosophy of Religion

This Book Is Unified By Three Broad Concerns: The Rationality Of Belief In God, The Relation Between Religion And Morality, And The Explication Of The Concept Of God. The Essays Are, However, Marked By Diversity. Some Focus On Historical Figures, Such As Aquinas And Locke; Others Bring Recent Epistemological And Metaphysical Developments To Bear On Problems Of Religious Belief. Some Of The Papers Explore Neglected Issues Central To Religious Practice, Such As The Question Of How Total Devotion To God Can Permit Other Deep Commitments; Others Apply Philosophical Distinctions From Within A Religious Tradition, For Example, In Setting Out A Christian Approach To The Problem Of Evil. Part One : Rationality And Religious Belief -- John Of The Cross On The Epistemic Value Of Mystic Visions / Nelson Pike -- The Migration Of The Theistic Arguments : From Natural Theology To Evidentialist Apologetics / Nicholas Wolterstorff -- Faith And Evidentialism / Kenneth Konyndyk -- Coherentism And The Evidentialist Objection To Belief In God / Alvin Plantinga -- Direct Justification, Evidential Dependence, And Theistic Belief / Robert Audi -- Part Two : Religious Commitment, Moral Obligation, And The Problem Of Evil -- The Problem Of Total Devotion / Robert Merrihew Adams -- Moral Obligation, Religious Demand, And Practical Conflict / Philip L. Quinn -- Religion And The Queerness Of Morality / George I. Mavrodes -- The Empirical Argument From Evil / William L. Rowe -- Redemptive Suffering : A Christian Approach To The Problem Of Evil / Marilyn Mccord Adams -- Part Three : The Divine Nature -- Analogy And Foundationalism In Thomas Aquinas / Ralph Mcinerny -- Monotheism / William J. Wainwright -- God, Creator Of Kinds And Possibilities : Requiescant Universalia Ante Res / James F. Ross. Edited By Robert Audi And William J. Wainwright. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.