Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Religious Epistemology
- Cambridge Handbooks in Philosophy
- The Cambridge Handbook of Religious Epistemology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Faith and Rationality
- 1 Natural Theology and Religious Belief
- 2 Evidence and Religious Belief
- 3 Reformed Epistemology
- 4 Rationality and Miracles
- 5 Pragmatic Arguments for Theism
- 6 Skepticism, Fideism, and Religious Epistemology
- 7 The Problem of Faith and Reason
- Part II Religious Traditions
- Part III New Directions
- References
- Index
1 - Natural Theology and Religious Belief
from Part I - Faith and Rationality
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 August 2023
- The Cambridge Handbook of Religious Epistemology
- Cambridge Handbooks in Philosophy
- The Cambridge Handbook of Religious Epistemology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Faith and Rationality
- 1 Natural Theology and Religious Belief
- 2 Evidence and Religious Belief
- 3 Reformed Epistemology
- 4 Rationality and Miracles
- 5 Pragmatic Arguments for Theism
- 6 Skepticism, Fideism, and Religious Epistemology
- 7 The Problem of Faith and Reason
- Part II Religious Traditions
- Part III New Directions
- References
- Index
Summary
It is no exaggeration to say that there has been an explosion of activity in the field of philosophical enquiry known as natural theology. Having been smothered in the early part of the twentieth century due to the dominance of logical positivism, natural theology began to make a comeback in the late 1950s as logical positivism collapsed and analytic philosophers took a newfound interest in metaphysical topics such as possibility and necessity, causation, time, the mind–body problem, and God. This chapter begins by considering how we might characterize natural theology as a field of enquiry. It then proceeds to survey the landscape of contemporary natural theology, which has spawned a large and at times highly technical body of literature. Finally, consideration is given to two epistemological issues confronting the theist who wishes to appeal to natural theology, namely, the problem of the gap(s) and the problem of accessibility.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Religious Epistemology , pp. 13 - 28Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
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