Religions, reasons and gods : essays in cross-cultural philosophy of religion / John Clayton ; prepared for publication by Anne M. Blackburn and Thomas D. Carroll.

  • Clayton, John, 1940-2003
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[2006], ©2006
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, [2006], ©2006.

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xix, 372 pages ; 24 cm

Contents

Claims, contexts and contestability -- [Part I. Reason and religious pluralism.] Thomas Jefferson and the study of religion -- Common ground and defensible difference -- Religions, reasons and gods -- [Part II. Theistic arguments in pre-modern contexts.] Ramanuja, Hume and 'comparative philosophy': remarks on the Sribhasya and the Dialogues concerning natural religion -- Piety and the proofs -- The otherness of Anselm -- [Part III. Theistic arguments in early-modern contexts.] The debate about God in early-modern French philosophy -- The Enlightenment project and the debate about God in early-modern German philosophy -- The debate about God in early-modern British philosophy -- Beyond the 'Enlightenment project'? -- Appendix: the 1997 Hulsean Sermon.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 318-353) and index.

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