Does God Matter?

Klaas Kraay is Professor of Philosophy at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. He is the editor of God and the Multiverse: Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Perspectives (Routledge 2015).

• 1. Invitation to the Axiology of Theism Klaas J. KraayPart I: Arguments for Pro-Theism2. God and Intrinsic Value Scott A. Davison3. Axiology: Theism Versus Widely Accepted Monotheisms Michael Tooley4. An Agreeable Answer to a Pro-Theism/Anti-Theism Question T.J. MawsonPart II: Arguments for Anti-Theism5. If There is a Hole, it is Not God-Shaped Guy Kahane6. The Problem of Magic Stephen Maitzen7. The Absurdity of Life in a Christian Universe as a Reason to Prefer that God Not Exist Erik J. Wielenberg8. Recasting Anti-Theism Toby BetensonPart III: Connections between the Existential and Axiological Debates9. Triple Transcendence, the Value of God’s Existence, and a New Route to Atheism J.L. Schellenberg10. Arguments from Evil and Evidence for Pro-Theism Myron A. Penner and Benjamin H. Arbour11. Plantinga’s Defence and His Theodicy are Incompatible Richard B. Davis and W. Paul Franks

"The collection of essays in this volume make a major contribution to a much-neglected issue in philosophical theology—the issue of the value of God's existence. It is of course a central question, but largely unexplored in the literature. The range of associated issues in the theory of value, metaethics, modal metaphysics, conceptions of God, and rational choice will interest a wide audience of scholars." – Michael J. Almeida, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA"The book does a laudable job of laying out a range of philosophical issues and perspectives belonging to arguments both for and against the mattering of theism, inclung a panoply of distinctions and positions that these views sustain." -- Andrew M. Davis, Claremont School of Theology, CA.