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Indeed from Hume's day to ours, the vast majority of philosophical attacks against the rationality of theism have borne an unmistakable Humean aroma. The last forty years, however, have been marked by a resurgence in Christian theism among philosophers, and the time has come for a thorough reassessment of the case for natural theology. James F. Sennett and Douglas Groothuis have assembled a distinguished team of philosophers to engage the task: Terence Penelhum, Todd M. Furman, Keith Yandell, Garrett J. DeWeese, Joshua Rasmussen, James D. Madden, Robin Collins, Paul Copan, Victor Reppert, J. P. Moreland and R. Douglas Geivett. Together this team makes vigorous individual and cumulative arguments that set Hume's attacks in fresh perspective and that offer new insights into the value of teleological, cosmological and ontological arguments for God's existence.   Preview this book » What people are saying - Write a review We haven't found any reviews in the usual places. Contents INTRODUCTION 9 Hume on Natural Theology 19 IN PRAISE OF HUME 42 DAVID HUME ON MEANING VERIFICATION AND NATURAL THEOLOGY 58 HUMES STOPPER AND THE NATURAL THEOLOGY PROJECT 82 Hume and the Arguments 105 HUME AND THE KALAM COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT 123 GIVING THE DEVIL HIS 150 HUME FINETUNING AND THE WHO DESIGNED GOD? OBJECTION 175 HUME AND THE MORAL ARGUMENT 200 DAVID HUME EXPERIENTIAL EVIDENCE AND BELIEF IN GOD 226 THE ARGUMENT FROM REASON AND HUMES LEGACY 253 HUME AND THE ARGUMENT FROM CONSCIOUSNESS 271 DAVID HUME AND A CUMULATIVE CASE ARGUMENT 297 Contributors 330 Copyright Common terms and phrases argue basic candidate gods causal chapter Christian theism claim Cleanthes complexity concept Concerning conclusion confirmation confirmed consciousness contingent Cosmological Argument creator David Hume deism deity design argument Dialogues difficulties divine Douglas Groothuis empiricism Enquiry entails entities epistemic evaluation evidence evidentialism evil ex nihilo explanation fact false find fine-tuning finite first cause fit flaws God’s existence human Hume’s Hume’s stopper Hume’s view Humean idea inference infinite intelligent J. P. Moreland justified kalam Kalam Cosmological Argument Lane Craig Leibniz life-permitting logical mental ments metaphysical mind miracles Natural Religion natural theology natural theology argument naturalist omnipotent one’s ontological Oxford perceptions Philo philosophical Philosophy of Religion physical possible worlds premise principle properties proposition qualia rational reflect relevant religious experience Robin Collins scientific seems skeptical sort specific sufficient reason teleological argument theism theistic theistic hypothesis theory things tion true University Press William Lane Craig About the author (2005) James F. Sennett (M.Div. in Old Testament, Lincoln Christian Seminary; Ph.D. in philosophy, University of Nebraska) has taught at Lincoln Christian College and Seminary, Northwestern College, Pacific Lutheran University, Palm Beach Atlantic College, and McNeese State University. He is author of Modality, Probability, and Rationality: A Critical Examination of Alvin Plantinga's Philosophy. And he is editor of The Analytic Theist: An Alvin Plantinga Reader. His articles have appeared in such professional journals as Philosophia Christi, Faith and Philosophy, Journal of Philosophical Review, Cross Currents, Religious Studies and International Journal for Philosophy of Religion. Douglas R. Groothuis (Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Oregon) is professor of philosophy at Denver Seminary in Denver, Colorado. He has also been a visiting professor or adjunct faculty member at Fuller Theological Seminary (Colorado Springs extension), Metropolitan State College of Denver, Westminster Theological Seminary (California campus), University of Oregon, New College Berkeley and Seattle Pacific University. His articles have been published in professional journals such as Religious Studies, Sophia, Theory and Research in Education, Philosophia Christi, Themelios, Think: A Journal of the Royal Institute of Philosophy, Christian Scholar's Review, Inquiry and Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society. He has written several books, including Truth Decay, In Defense of Natural Theology (coeditor), Unmasking the New Age, Jesus in an Age of Controversy, Deceived by the Light, The Soul in Cyberspace, and, in the Wadsworth Philosophers Series, On Pascal and On Jesus. Bibliographic information Title In Defense of Natural Theology: A Post-Humean Assessment Editors James F. Sennett, Douglas Groothuis Publisher InterVarsity Press, 2005 ISBN 0830827676, 9780830827671 Length 336 pages Subjects Philosophy  › History & Surveys  › Modern Philosophy / Criticism Philosophy / History & Surveys / Modern Philosophy / Religious Religion / Christian Theology / General Religion / General Religion / Philosophy Religion / Theology     Export Citation BiBTeX EndNote RefMan About Google Books - Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Information for Publishers - Report an issue - Help - Google Home