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Contemporary Arguments in Natural Theology: God and Rational Belief

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, 2021
ISBN: 9781350093874
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In recent years there has been a bold revival in the field of natural theology, where “natural theology” can be understood as the attempt to demonstrate that God exists by way of reason, evidence, and argument without the appeal to divine revelation. Today's practitioners of natural theology have not only revived and recast all of the traditional arguments in the field, but, by drawing upon the findings of contemporary cosmology, chemistry, and biology, have also developed a range of fascinating new ones.

Contemporary Arguments in Natural Theology brings together twenty experts working in the field today. Together, they practice natural theology from a wide range of perspectives, and show how the field of natural theology is practiced today with a degree of diversity and confidence not seen since the Middle Ages. Aimed primarily at advanced undergraduates and graduate students, the volume will also be of interest to researchers in philosophy, theology, biblical studies, and religious studies, as an indispensable resource on contemporary theistic proofs.

Tackles natural theology from a wide range of perspectives, showing how it is relevant to atheists as well as theists.

Features many internationally-known philosophers in this field, as well as up-and-coming junior scholars
Relevant to both theists and atheists
Addresses a 'hot topic' within the philosophy of religion.

List of Figures
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction, Colin P. Ruloff and Peter Horban
Part I: Revisiting the Classical Arguments for the Existence of God
1. The Argument from Contingency, Joshua Rasmussen
2. The Kalam Cosmological Argument, Andrew Loke
3. The Ontological Argument, Jason Megill
4. The Fine-tuning Argument, Michael Rota
5. The Argument from Biological Complexity, Michael Behe
6. The Argument from Information, Stephen Meyer
7. The Moral Argument, CS Evans and Trinity O'Neill
Part II: Further Directions in Natural Theology
8. The Argument from Phenomenal Consciousness, JP Moreland
9. The Argument from Beauty, Brian Ribeiro
10. The Argument from Certainty, Katherin Rogers
11. The Argument from Mathematics, William Lane Craig
12. The Conceptualist Argument, Greg Welty
13. The Argument from Desire, William A. Lauringer
14. The Argument from Religious Experience, Kai-man Kwan
15. The Wager Argument, Joshua Golding
16. The Argument from the Meaning of Life, Stewart Goetz
17. The Argument from Common Consent, Jonathan Matheson
18. The Argument from Ramified Natural Theology, Sandra Menssen and Thomas D. Sullivan
Index

The scope of these essays helps to articulate the exceptional breadth of Contemporary Argument in Natural Theology as a whole. The variety of arguments throughout the book provide a point of contact no matter the interest of the reader, and sprawling bibliographies at the end of each essay open up significant inroads to further study ... Contemporary Arguments in Natural Theology is a worthwhile read for anybody interested in the topic.

Graduate students who wish to keep up with the latest work in natural theology will find this a useful resource.

This excellent book is proof of the continuing interest in and relevance of natural theology. The essays are creative, clear, and rigorous. They provide both new arguments and creative, cutting-edge slants on old arguments. Contemporary Arguments in Natural Theology will be helpful to advanced undergraduate students, seminary and graduate students, as well as philosophical scholars.

Colin Ruloff is Instructor of Philosophy at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Canada.

Peter Horban is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at Simon Fraser University, Canada.

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