William L. Rowe on Philosophy of Religion

William L. Rowe is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at Purdue University, USA. Nick Trakakis is Research Fellow in the Department of Philosophy and Bioethics at Monash University, Australia.

Contents: Introduction. Part I The Philosophical Theology of Paul Tillich: Tillich’s concept of God; Religious symbols. Part II The Problem of Evil: The problem of evil and some varieties of atheism; The empirical argument from evil; Evil and theodicy; Paradox and promise: Hick’s solution to the problem of evil; Ruminations about evil; William Alston on the problem of evil; The evidential argument from evil: a second look; In defense of ’The Free Will Defense’; Grounds for belief aside, does evil make atheism more reasonable than theism?; Friendly atheism, skeptical theism, and the problem of evil. Part III Replies to Critics on the Evidential Problem of Evil: Evil and the theistic hypothesis: a response to Wykstra; Response to Linda Zagzebski; Reply to Plantinga; Skeptical theism: a response to Bergmann; Reply to Howard-Snyder and Bergmann. Part IV Divine Freedom: The problem of divine perfection and freedom; Evil and God’s freedom in creation; Can God be free? Part V The Cosmological Argument: Two criticisms of the cosmological argument; The cosmological argument; Cosmological arguments. Part VI The Ontological Argument: The ontological argument; Modal versions of the ontological argument. Part VII Other Writings in the Philosophy of Religion: Augustine on foreknowledge and free will; Religious experience and the principle of credulity; The rationality of religious belief; Religion within the bounds of naturalism: Dewey and Wieman; Religious pluralism. William L. Rowe: a bibliography. Index.