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PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

“As a contemporary introduction to philosophy of religion, it is a God-send or, if you prefer, a dharma-gift. Keith Yandell succeeds admirably in producing a textbook which has clarity, wit and rigour and that engages religion in its historical and cultural diversity . . . He grasps that religious traditions are irreducibly different: they make different types of claims, argue from different sorts of grounds, cultivate diverse values and aim at divergent goals.”

John Clayton, Boston University “The central strength of the book is its willingness to argue points out in detail rather than just reporting on arguments. It is a model of rigorous argument applied to questions of religion.” Mark Wynn, Australian Catholic University, Brisbane Philosophy of Religion is one of the first comprehensive textbooks to consider the subject with reference to religions other than Christianity. As an experienced textbook author and an established generalist in philosophy of religion, Keith Yandell deals lucidly and constructively with representative views and competing issues from Judaism, Christianity,

Islam, Buddhism and Jainism. He also shows how such issues and competing views can be rationally assessed. He includes discussion of major philosophical figures in religious traditions as well as important contemporary philosophers. This engaging text will appeal to students of both philosophy and religion as well as to the general reader interested in the subject.

Keith E. Yandell is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He has written widely on philosophy and philosophy of religion and among his most recent books are Hume’s “Inexplicable Mystery” (1990) and The Epistemology of Religious Experience (1995). Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy

Series Editor:

Paul K. Moser

Loyola University of Chicago

This innovative, well-structured series is for students who have already done an introductory course in philosophy. Each book introduces a core general subject in contemporary philosophy and offers students an accessible but substantial transition from introductory to higher-level college work in that subject. The series is accessible to nonspecialists and each book clearly motivates and expounds the problems and positions introduced. An orientation chapter briefly introduces its topic and reminds readers of any crucial material they need to have retained from a typical introductory course. Considerable attention is given to explaining the central philosophical problems of a subject and the main competing solutions and arguments for those solutions. The primary aim is to educate students in the main problems, positions and arguments of contemporary philosophy rather than to convince students of a single position. The initial eight central books in the series are written by experienced authors and teachers, and treat topics essential to a well-rounded philosophy curriculum. 

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 Ethics Harry

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Philosophy of Art

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Philosophy of Language

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Philosophy of Mind

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Philosophy of Religion

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