A Dictionary of Philosophy of Religion, Second Edition

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Charles Taliaferro, Elsa J. Marty
Bloomsbury Publishing USA, Jan 25, 2018 - Philosophy - 386 pages

A Dictionary of Philosophy of Religion is an indispensable resource for students and scholars. Covering historical and contemporary figures, arguments, and terms, it offers an overview of the vital themes that make philosophy of religion the growing, vigorous field that it is today. It covers world religions and sources from east and west. Entries have been crafted for clarity, succinctness, and engagement.

This second edition includes new entries, extended coverage of non-Christian topics, as well as revisions and updates throughout.

The first edition was named a Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year.

 

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Contents

A
1
B
33
C
50
D
70
E
88
F
100
G
111
H
118
P
207
Q
231
R
233
S
251
T
281
U
294
V
298
W
304

I
136
J
147
K
155
L
160
M
172
N
191
O
201
X
310
Y
312
Z
314
Bibliography
319
About the Authors
353
Copyright

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Common terms and phrases

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About the author (2018)

Charles Taliaferro is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at St. Olaf College, USA. He the author, co-author or editor of over twenty books and is the Editor-in Chief of the journal Open Theology, based in Berlin, Germany. His previous publications include The Golden Cord; A Short Book on the Sacred and the Secular (2012), A Brief History of the Soul (co-authored, 2011), Consciousness and the Mind of God (2005), and Contemporary Philosophy of Religion (1998). He is the co-editor of The Routledge Companion to Theism (2012), The Cambridge Companion to Christian Philosophical Theology (2010), and A Companion to Philosophy of Religion (1999). He was the philosophy of religion area editor of the Encyclopedia of Philosophy, second edition, and is on the editorial board of Religious Studies, Sophia, Blackwell's Philosophy Compass, American Philosophical Quarterly, and Ars Disputandi.

Elsa J. Marty is a doctoral student at the University of Chicago Divinity School, USA, with a focus on theological anthropology and religion in India. She is the co-editor of the first edition of A Dictionary of Philosophy of Religion.

Bibliographic information

TitleA Dictionary of Philosophy of Religion, Second Edition
EditorsCharles Taliaferro, Elsa J. Marty
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA, 2018
ISBN1501325248, 9781501325243
Length386 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Philosophy / History & Surveys / General
Philosophy / Religious
Religion / Philosophy
  
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