Philosophy

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Philosophy and religion have a long history of inspiring, influencing and challenging each other. In the process, they have impacted how humans view their roles, drives and ideals in the world in which we live. Read More »

Articles

  • “Philosophy of Religion” by L.N. Mitrokhin. Russian Studies in Philosophy. 45, no. 3 (2006): 6-34.
  • Changchi Hao. “We-Wei and the Decentering of the Subject in Lao-Zhuang An Alternative Approach in the Philosophy of Religion.” International Philosophical Quarterly. 46, no. 4 (2006): 445-7.
  • Kail, P.J.E. “Understanding Hume’s Natural History of Religion.” Philosophical Quarterly. 57, no. 227 (2007): 190-211.
  • Mitrokhin, L.N. “Philosophy of Religion.” Russian Studies in Philosophy. 45, no. 3 (2006): 6-34.
  • Ferrari, Michel. “Culture and Development Matter To Understanding Souls, No Matter What Our Evolutionary Design.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 29, no. 5 (2006): 472.
  • Lloyd, David. “Rage against the Divine.” South Atlantic Quarterly. 106 no. 2 (2007): 345-72.
  • Mitrokhin, L. N. “Philosophy of Religion: New Perspectives.” Russian Social Science Review. 48 no. 2 (2007): 51-78.
  • “Philosophy of Religion: New Perspectives” by L.N. Mitrokhin. Russian Social Science Review. 48, no. 2 (2007): 51-78.
  • “We-Wei and the Decentering of the Subject in Lao-Zhuang An Alternative Approach in the Philosophy of Religion” by Changchi Hao. International Philosophical Quarterly. 46, no. 4 (2006): 445-7.
  • “Culture and Development Matter To Understanding Souls, No Matter What Our Evolutionary Design” by Michel Ferrari. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 29, no. 5 (2006): 472.
  • “Understanding Hume’s Natural History of Religion” by P.J.E. Kail. Philosophical Quarterly. 57, no. 227 (2007): 190-211.
  • “Rage against the Divine” by David Lloyd. South Atlantic Quarterly. 106 no. 2 (2007): 345-72.
  • “Religion and Modern Man” by Yasin Ceylan. Philosophy of Religion. Vol. 10 (2010): 341-67.
  • “God goes up for debate, believe it or not” by Paul Bibby. Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), Aug. 19, 2008.
  • “In Tough Times, Humanities Must Justify Their Worth” by Patricia Cohen. The New York Times, Feb. 25, 2009.
  • “I’m a Believer” by Anthony Gottlieb. The New York Times, Dec. 23, 2007.

Books

  • Why There Is Something Rather than Nothing?. Bede Rundle. Oxford University Press, USA, 2006
  • Philosophers and God: At the Frontiers of Faith and Reason. John Cornwell, Michael McGhee. Continuum 1 edition, 2009.
  • The Sabbath World: Glimpses of a Different Order of Time. Judith Shulevitz. Random House, 2010.
  • Ten Essential Texts in the Philosophy of Religion: Classics and Contemporary Issues. Oxford University Press, USA, 2004.
  • Philosophy of Religion: An Introduction. William L. Rowe. Wadsworth Publishing, 2006.
  • Reason and Religious Belief: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion. Michael Peterson, William Hasker, Bruce Reichenbach and David Basinger. Oxford University Press, USA, 2008.
  • The Case for Religion. Keith Ward. Oneworld Publications, 2007.
  • The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Religion. William Wainwright (ed.) Oxford University Press, 2007.
  • Philosophy of Religion: Selected Readings. Michael Peterson, William Hasker, Bruce Reichenbach and David Basinger (eds.). Oxford University Press, USA, 2006.
  • Philosophy of religion: an historical introduction. Linda Trinkaus ZagzebskiPublisher. Wiley-Blackwell, 2007.
  • Philosophy of religion: the big questions. Eleonore Stump and Michael J. Murray (eds.). Wiley-Blackwell, 1999.
  • Arabic Thought and its Place in History. De Lacy O’Leary. CreateSpace, 2011.
  • Desperately Wicked: Philosophy, Christianity and the Human Heart. Patrick Downey. IVP Academic, 2009.
  • Nietzsche & Zen (Studies in Comparative Philosophy and Religion). Andre van der Braak. Lexington Books, 2011.
  • Philosophy of Religion: Toward a Global Perspective. Gary E. Kessler. Wadsworth Publishing, 1998.

Case studies

  • Craft, Christy M. and Alyssa N. Bryant. “Faith Development Within Religion and Philosophy Courses at a College of the Lutheran Church.” Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice. Vol. 48, No. 2 (2011): 195-212.
  • “Problem of Evil in Muslim Philosophy: A Case Study of Iqbal.” M. Maroof Shah. Indian Publishers Distributors, 2007.

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Recent research

  • Brown, Alison. “Philosophy and Religion in Machiavelli.” The Cambridge Companion to Machiavelli. John M. Najemy (ed.). Cambridge University Press, 2010.
  • Jiang, Shanhe; Eric G. Lambert; Jin Wang; Toyoji Saito and Rebecca Pilot. “Death penalty views in China, Japan and the U.S.: An empirical comparison.” Journal of Criminal Justice. Vol. 38, No. 5 (Oct. 2010): 862-9.
  • Murphy, Nancey. “Cosmopolis: How Astronomy Affects Philosophies of Human Nature and Religion.” Analecta Husserliana. Vol. 107, No. 3 (2011): 175-85.
  • Nakagawa, Yoshiharu. “Oriental Philosophy and Interreligious Education: Inspired by Toshihiko Izutsu’s Reconstruction of ‘Oriental Philosophy.’” International Handbook of Inter-Religious Education. Vol. 4, No. 2 (2010): 325-39.
  • Strong, Carson. “Why Public Policy on Embryo Research Should Not Be Based on Religion.” The American Journal of Bioethics. Vol. 11, No. 3 (2011): 33-5.

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