ABSTRACT
If part of philosophy is visiting intellectual museums, an equally important part is engaging in criticism of what one finds there. Visits without criticism are not philosophical visits.
Does God exist? Is there any reason to think that God exists? Isthere no God? Is there any good reason to believe that? Whatmakes us persons? What do the world religions teach about God, human persons, and life after death? How can what they say be evaluated? If God knows in advance what we will do, can we be free? Must we be free if we are responsible for what we do? Can a person survive the death of her body? Is the existence of evil evidence against God’s existence? How are religion and morality related? Is faith inherently irrational? Such questions are the stuff of the philosophy of religion. Our task here is to look carefully at the issues they raise.
