The Kalam Cosmological Argument, Volume 2

William Lane Craig is a Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology and at Houston Baptist University, USA. He has authored or edited over forty books, including Theism, Atheism, and Big Bang Cosmology (1995), God, Time, and Eternity (2001); and God Over All (2016), as well as over 150 articles in journals such as The Journal of Philosophy, American Philosophical Quarterly, Philosophical Studies, Philosophy, and British Journal for Philosophy of Science. Paul Copan is the Pledger Family Chair of Philosophy and Ethics at Palm Beach Atlantic University, USA. His past publications include Creation Out of Nothing: A Biblical, Philosophical, and Scientific Exploration (with William Lane Craig; 2004), The Rationality of Theism (co-edited with with Paul K. Moser; 2003), The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Religion (co-edited with Chad V. Meister; 2007; 2nd ed. 2012) and Philosophy of Religion: Classic and Contemporary Issues (co-edited with Chad V. Meister; 2007). He has authored and edited several other books and contributed essays and written reviews for journals such as The Review of Metaphysics, Faith and Philosophy, Philosophia Christi, and Trinity Journal.

Acknowledgments
Foreword

Introduction
Paul Copan (Palm Beach Atlantic University, USA)

Inductive Arguments

2.3 The Inductive Argument based on Expansion of the Universe
1. The Kalam Cosmological Argument
William Lane Craig (Talbot School of Theology, USA) and James Sinclair (Warfare Analyst, USA)
2. Why the Big Bang Singularity Does Not Help the Kalam Cosmological Argument for Theism
J. Brian Pitts (University of Notre Dame, USA)
3. On Non-Singular Spacetimes and the Beginning of the Universe
William Lane Craig (Talbot School of Theology, USA) and James Sinclair (Warfare Analyst, USA)
4. The Beginning of the Universe
Alexander Vilenkin (Tufts Institute of Cosmology, USA)

2.4 The Inductive Argument based on Thermodynamic Properties of the Universe
5. A Dying Universe: The Long-Term Fate and Evolution of Astrophysical Objects
Fred C. Adams (University of Delaware, USA) and Gregory Laughlin (University of California, Santa Cruz, USA)
6. Heat Death in Ancient and Modern Thermodynamics
Gábor Kutrovátz (Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary)
7. Entropy and Eschatology: A Comment on Kutrovátz’s Paper "Heat Death in Ancient and Modern Thermodynamics"
Milan M. Cirkovic (University of Novi Sad, Serbia)
8. The Generalized Second Law Implies a Quantum Singularity Theorem
Aron C. Wall (Institute for Advanced Study, USA)

Part 3. Therefore, the Universe has a Cause

9. Libertarian Agency and the Craig/Grünbaum Debate about Theistic Explanation of the Initial Singularity
J. P. Moreland (Talbot School of Theology, USA)
10. Causation and the Logical Impossibility of a Divine Cause
Quentin Smith (Western Michigan University, USA)
11. Beyond the Big Bang
William Lane Craig (Talbot School of Theology, USA)

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Index