Preface
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Part I - Philosophy and Religion
Chapter 2 - What is philosophy? What is religion? What is philosophy of religion?
Philosophy
Objectivity
Religion
Philosophy of religion
Questions for reflection
Annotated reading
Chapter 3 What sorts of religion are there?
Monotheism
Advaita Vedant
Jainism
Buddhism
Comparison
The criteria applied
Questions for reflection
Annotated reading
Chapter 4 - What sorts of religious experience are there?
Structure and content
Descriptions
Criteria and their application
Questions for reflection
Annotated reading
Chapter 5 - The importance of doctrine and the distinctness of religious traditions
Doctrine
"Truth-claims"
Identity
Diversity
Questions for reflection
Annotated reading
Chapter 6 - Religious pluralism
Religious plurality and religious pluralism
The content of religious pluralism
Some religion-relevant consequences of RP
A critical discussion of RP: Part one
A critical discussion of RP: Part two
A critical discussion of RP: Part three
Questions for reflection
Annotated reading
Part II - Religious Conceptions of Ultimate Reality
Chapter 7 - Monotheistic conceptions of ultimate reality
Generic philosophical monotheism
Greek monotheism
Semitic monotheism
Hindu monotheism
Monotheisms and atheisms
Questions for reflection
Annotated reading
Chapter 8 - Nonmonotheistic conceptions of ultimate reality
Advaita Vedanta Hinduism
Jainism and Buddhism
Conclusion
Questions for reflection
Annotated reading
Part III - Arguments Concerning Monotheistic Conceptions
Chapter 9 - Arguments against monotheism
Three questions
The problem of evil
Failed escapes
The consistency issue
The evidential issue
Conclusion
Epilogue
Questions for reflection
Annotated reading
Chapter 10 - Arguments for monotheism
Proof
Logical necessity
Purely conceptual proofs and the Ontological Argument
Empirical proofs, argument strategies, and principles of sufficient reason
Arguments by Thomas Aquinas
Questions for reflection
Annotated reading
Chapter 11 - Monotheism and religious experience
Phenomenologically thick experiences
Experience as direct evidence
A principle of experiential evidence
Being evidence versus providing evidence
The evidential argument from religious experience
The principle of experiential evidence applied
Questions for reflection
Annotated reading
Part IV - Arguments Concerning Nonmonotheistic Conceptions
Chapter 12 - Arguments concerning nonmonotheistic conceptions (1)
Appeals to argument and appeals to experience
Advaita Vedanta
Jainism and Buddhism on persons
Identity
Personal identity
Bundle theory
Copiers and annihilators
Substance theory
Questions for reflection
Annotated reading
Chapter 13 - Arguments concerning nonmonotheistic conceptions (2)
Appeals to enlightenment experience
Self-authentication
Advaita appeal to enlightenment experience
Jain-type appeals to experience
Buddhist-type appeals to experience
The contrasting arguments
Questions for reflection
Annotated reading
Part V - Religion, Morality, Faith, and Reason
Chapter 14 - Religion and morality
Religious values and moral values
Deterministic views
Compatibilism and incompatibilism
The Principle of Alternative Possibilities
Divine foreknowledge and human freedom
Conclusion
Questions for reflection
Annotated reading
Chapter 15 Faith and reason
Faith
Knowledge
Scientism
Propositions
The epistemic status of religious belief
Robust foundationalism
Confirmationism and falsificationism
Ways of being falsified
Theistic arguments and explanatory power
Questions for reflection
Annotated reading
Glossary
Selected great figures in the history of philosophy of religion
Notes
Bibliography
Index