ABSTRACT
Broadly speaking, philosophy of religion is a branch of philosophy which uses the tools of philosophy to ask questions about the nature and existence of the Divine, the supreme being or value. The type of religion which is most usually discussed by philosophers of religion is generally known as 'classical theism'. Broadly speaking, this is the view that God created time, the world and everything in it from nothing, and everything depends for its continued existence of God. Like 'religion', 'philosophy' is difficult to define. Literally it means 'love of knowledge', from the Greek philos, 'love', and sophia, 'knowledge'. In recent years it has become common to distinguish between 'analytic philosophy' and 'continental philosophy'. Analytic philosophers of religion tend to focus on questions concerning whether the concept of the Divine is coherent by examining the meaning and implications of attributes which are commonly applied to the Divine, either individually or in conjunction with others.
