ABSTRACT

For centuries philosophers have argued about the existence and nature of God. Do we need God to explain the origins of the universe? Can there be morality without a divine source of goodness? How can God exist when there is so much evil and suffering in the world? All these questions and many more are brought to life with clarity and style in The God of Philosophy. The arguments for and against God's existence are weighed up, along with discussion of the meaning of religious language, the concept of God and the possibility of life after death. This new edition brings the debate right up to date by exploring the philosophical arguments of the new atheists such as Richard Dawkins, as well as considering what the latest discoveries in science can tell us about why many believe in the existence of the divine.

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|12 pages

The concept of God

chapter 2|18 pages

The cosmological argument

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chapter 3|16 pages

The teleological argument

chapter 4|16 pages

The ontological argument

chapter 5|9 pages

The moral argument

chapter 6|17 pages

The argument from religious experience

chapter 7|8 pages

Miracles

chapter 8|11 pages

Faith and reason

chapter 9|17 pages

Religious language

chapter 11|14 pages

Life after death

chapter 12|15 pages

The ‘origins' of God and the new atheism