Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS iii
3. GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1
4. PART I. RELIGIOUS EPISTEMOLOGY
5. RELIGIOUS EPISTEMOLOGY: INTRODUCTION 7
6. 1.1 'THE LOGIC OF PASCAL'S WAGER' 17
7. 1.2 'A CENTRAL THEISTIC ARGUMENT' 25
8. 1.3 'IS BELIEF IN GOD RATIONALLY ACCEPT ABLE?' 40
9. 1.4 'DEFEATING THEISTIC BELIEFS' 57
10. SUGGESTED READING 66
11. PART II. NATURAL THEOLOGY
12. NATURAL THEOLOGY: INTRODUCTION 69
13. 2.1 'THE COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT AND THE EPISTEMIC STATUS OF BELIEF IN GOD' 82
14. 2.2 THE KALAM COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT 92
15. 2.3 'THE PREREQUISITES OF LIFE IN OUR UNIVERSE' 114
16. 2.4 'DESIGN AND THE MANY-WORLDS HYPOTHESIS' 130
17. 2.5 'THE VALUE DIMENSION OF THE COSMOS: A MORAL ARGUMENT' 149
18. 2.6 'SEARLE'S BIOLOGICAL NATURALISM AND THE ARGUMENT FROM CONSCIOUSNESS' 155
19. 2.7 'THE ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT' 180
20. 2.8 'THE CONCEPTUALIST ARGUMENT FOR GOD'S EXISTENCE' 189
21. SUGGESTED READING 198
22. PART III. THE COHERENCE OF THEISM
23. THE COHERENCE OF THEISM: INTRODUCTION 203
24. 3.1 'DIVINE NECESSITY' 216
25. 3.2 'GOD AND TIMELESSNESS' 230
26. 3.3 'ON OCKHAM'S WAY OUT' 246
27. 3.4 'ON DIVINE MIDDLE KNOWLEDGE' 257
28. 3.5 'MAXIMAL POWER' 265
29. 3.6 'WHAT EUTHYPHRO SHOULD HAVE SAID' 283
30. SUGGESTED READING 299
31. PART IV. THE PROBLEM OF EVIL
32. THE PROBLEM OF EVIL: INTRODUCTION 303
33. 4.1 'THE PROBLEM OF EVIL AND SOME VARIETIES OF ATHEISM' 317
34. 4.2 'PAIN AND PLEASURE: AN EVIDENTIAL PROBLEM FOR THEISTS' 328
35. 4.3 'SOME (TEMPORARILY) FINAL THOUGHTS ON EVIDENTIAL ARGUMENTS FROM EVIL' 346
36. 4.4 'THE MAGNITUDE, DURATION, AND DISTRIBUTION OF EVIL: A THEODICY' 370
37. 4.5 'THE PROBLEM OF EVIL' 394
38. SUGGESTED READING 425
39. PART V. THE SOUL AND LIFE EVERLASTING
40. THE SOUL AND LIFE EVERLASTING: INTRODUCTION 429
41. 5.1 'A REFUTATION OF DUALISM' 447
42. 5.2 'A DEFENSE OF DUALISM' 455
43. 5.3 'A DEFENSE OF DUALISM' 476
44. 5.4 'DUALISM AND PERSONAL IDENTITY' 496
45. 5.5 'THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD' 517
46. SUGGESTED READING 538
47. PART VI. CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY
48. CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY: INTRODUCTION 543
49. 6.1 'A DEFENSE OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY' 556
50. 6.2 'THE TWO MINDS VIEW OF INCARNATION' 568
51. 6.3 'HEAVEN AND HELL' 577
52. 6.4 RETHINKING THE LOGIC OF PENAL SUBSTITUTION 596
53. 6.5 'PETITIONARY PRAYER' 609
54. SUGGESTED READING 625
55. NOTES ON THE EDITORS 627
56. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 629
57. INDEX 633