Current Controversies in Philosophy of Religion

Paul Draper is Professor of Philosophy at Purdue University, USA. He is the co-editor of Renewing Philosophy of Religion: Exploratory Essays (2017, with J. L. Schellenberg) and the editor of God or Blind Nature? Philosophers Debate the Evidence (2008). His articles on the problem of evil, fine-tuning, atheism and agnosticism, and confirmation theory have appeared in such journals as American Philosophical Quarterly, Faith and Philosophy, Noûs, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Religious Studies, and The Monist.

• ContentsNotes on Contributors1 Philosophy of Religion: A Vision for the FieldPaul DraperPART I: Future Progress in Religion2 The Future of Religion: How Might Religion Make Progress?J. L. Schellenberg 3 On Making Religious ProgressRobert McKimSuggestions for further readingPART II: Life After Death4 Is Hope for Another Life Rational?Mark Johnston5 Jewels in the Ontological Trash Heap: Mark Johnston's Metaphysics of PersonsDean ZimmermanSuggestions for further readingPART III: Divine Motivation and the Problem of Evil6 Is an Absolutely Perfect Being Morally Perfect?Mark C. Murphy7 The Practical Life of GodLaura W. EkstromSuggestions for further readingPART IV: Alternative Concepts of God8 Alternatives to Benevolent Theism: Ananthropocentric Theism and AxiarchismTim Mulgan 9 Between Orthodox Theism and Materialist AtheismFiona Ellis 10 PanpsychotheismPaul DraperSuggestions for further readingSupplemental Guide to Further ControversiesIndex

"For the reader who seeks a challenge, these papers contain much food for thought." -- Elizabeth Burns, University of London.