Debating Christian Theism

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J. P. Moreland, Khaldoun A. Sweis, Chad V. Meister
Oxford University Press, Aug 1, 2013 - Religion - 576 pages
Comprising groundbreaking dialogues by many of the most prominent scholars in Christian apologetics and the philosophy of religion, this volume offers a definitive treatment of central questions of Christian faith. The essays are ecumenical and broadly Christian, in the spirit of C.S. Lewis's Mere Christianity, and feature lucid and up-to-date material designed to engage readers in contemporary theistic and Christian issues. Beginning with dialogues about God's existence and the coherence of theism and then moving beyond generic theism to address significant debates over such specifically Christian doctrines as the Trinity and the resurrection of Jesus, Debating Christian Theism provides an ideal starting point for anyone seeking to understand the current debates in Christian theology.
 

Contents

Contributors
Introduction
The Kalam Argument
The FineTuning Evidence is Convincing
The Universe Shows No Evidence for Design
A Modal Version of the Ontological Argument
Lowe on The Ontological Argument
Ethics Needs
Coherence of Divine Power
Problems with Omniscience
The Coherence of Omniscience
Evil as Evidence Against
God and Evil
Bayes and the Evolution of Religious Belief
Evolutionary Accounts of Religion and the Justification
KEITH PARSONS

The Failure of Moral Arguments
The Argument from Consciousness

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J. P. Moreland is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University. He has authored, edited, or contributed papers to thirty-five books, including Does God Exist?, Universals, Consciousness and the Existence of God, and The Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology. Chad Meister is Professor of Philosophy at Bethel College. He is author or editor of fifteen books, including Evil: A Guide for the Perplexed, Introducing Philosophy of Religion, The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Religion, co-edited with Paul Copan, and God is Great, God is Good, co-edited with William Lane Craig. He is the general editor (with Paul Moser) of the forthcoming book series Cambridge Studies in Religion, Philosophy, and Society. Khaldoun A. Sweis is Chair of the World Languages and Cultures Department and Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Olive-Harvey College. His publications include articles in Think: A Journal of the Royal Institute of Philosophy, The Journal of the International Society of Christian Apologetics, and he is co-editor (with Chad Meister) of Christian Apologetics: An Anthology of Primary Sources.

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