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This book is one philosopher's response to the poetry of R. S. Thomas. It examines the poet's struggle with the possibilities of sense in religion: R. S. Thomas has described his poetry as an obsession with the possibility of having 'conversations or linguistic confrontations with ultimate reality'. Some attempts at giving meaning to religious belief cannot withstand the assaults of criticism. In R. S. Thomas's verse, however, there emerges a ...

D. Z. Phillips is Professor Philosophy at the University College of Swansea. He is the author of The Concept of Prayer, Death and Immortality, Faith and Philosophical Enquiry (with H. O. Mounce), Sense and Delusion (with Ilham Dilman), Athronyddu am Grefydd, Religion Without Explanation, Through a Darkening Glass, Dramau Gwenlyn Parry, Belief, Change and Forms of Life, R. S. Thomas: Poet of the Hidden God, Faith after Foundationalism, and From...

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The concern of this book is the nature of religious belief and the ways in which philosophical enquiry is related to it. Six chapters present the positive arguments the author wishes to put forward to discusses religion and rationality, scepticism about religion, language-games, belief and the loss of belief. The remaining chapters include criticisms of some contemporary philosophers of religion in the light of the earlier discussions, and the...

This is a useful text for second and third year level of students on all courses involving this fundamental question within the philosophy of religion. This is the author's most systematic attempt to discuss the problem of evil.

Leading philosopher of religion D. Z. Phillips examines the conceptual assumptions of atheistic thought.

Leading philosopher of religion D. Z. Phillips examines the conceptual assumptions of atheistic thought.

Whether one agrees with him or not, there is no avoiding the challenge of Hume for contemporary philosophy of religion. The symposia in this stimulating collection reveal why, whether the discussions concern Hume on metaphysics and religion, 'true religion', religion and ethics, religion and superstition, or miracles. For some, Hume's criticisms of religion are so devastating that religion cannot withstand them. Others disagree, and claim that...

Written specifically for beginning undergraduates who have little or no previous knowledge of the subject, this is a distinctive and thoughtful introduction to the main problems of philosophy, structured around a philosophical argument which is clearly and carefully developed throughout the book.

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This collection of essays explores the area of ethics in relation to issues such as the nature of moral endeavour and the request for a justification of moral endeavour. Professor Phillips considers the work of Thomas Nagel and Peter Winch in this book.

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First Published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Reflection on religion inevitably involves consideration of its relation to morality. When great evil is done to human beings, we may feel that something absolute has been violated. Can that sense, which is related to gratitude for existence, be expressed without religious concepts? Can we express central religious concerns, such as losing the self, while abandoning any religious metaphysic? Is moral obligation itself dependent on divine comma...

The author addresses the discipline of philosophy as an enterprise and explores its relations to moral values, religious belief and the nature of reality. By advancing the cause of neutrality, it is intended to stimulate debate and foster discussion of what philosophy is to become in the postmodern era.

Whether one agrees with him or not, there is no avoiding the challenge of Hume for contemporary philosophy of religion. The symposia in this stimulating collection reveal why, whether the discussions concern Hume on metaphysics and religion, 'true religion', religion and ethics, religion and superstition, or miracles. For some, Hume's criticisms of religion are so devastating that religion cannot withstand them. Others disagree, and claim that...

First Published in 1970. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.