Graham Oppy: 13 books
Describing Gods
An Investigation of Divine Attributes
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014
How do religious believers describe God, and what sort of attributes do they attribute to him? These are central topics in the philosophy of religion. In this book Graham Oppy undertakes a careful study of attributes which are commonly ascribed to God, including infinity, perfection, simplicity, eternity,...
by Graham Oppy, K. Scott Oliphint, Timothy McGrew
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Philosophy and Christianity make truth claims about many of the same things. They both claim to provide answers to the deep questions of life. But how are they related to one another? Four Views on Christianity and Philosophy introduces readers to four predominant views on the relationship between...
by Graham Oppy
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2018
Atheism: The Basics is a concise and engaging introduction to belief in the non-existence of deities. Atheism has long fascinated people but debate around this controversial position may seem daunting. In this lively and lucid book, Graham Oppy addresses the following important questions:
• What...
Naturalism and Religion
A Contemporary Philosophical Investigation
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2018
This book guides readers through an investigation of religion from a naturalistic perspective and explores the very meaning of the term ‘religious naturalism’. Oppy considers several widely disputed claims: that there cannot be naturalistic religion; that there is nothing in science that poses...
The Antipodean Philosopher
Public Lectures on Philosophy in Australia and New Zealand
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2011
Philosophy in both Australia and New Zealand has been has been experiencing, for some time now, something of a 'golden age', exercising an influence in the global arena that is disproportionate to the population of the two countries. To capture the distinctive and internationally recognised contributions...
The Naturalness of Belief
New Essays on Theism’s Rationality
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
Despite its name, “naturalism” as a world-view turns out to be rather unnatural in its strict and more consistent form of materialism and determinism. This is why a number of naturalists opt for a broadened version that includes objective moral values, intrinsic human dignity, consciousness, beauty,...
by Graham Oppy, N. N. Trakakis
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2016
'The History of Western Philosophy of Religion' brings together an international team of over 100 leading scholars to provide authoritative exposition of how history's most important philosophical thinkers - from antiquity to the present day - have sought to analyse the concepts and tenets central...
Early Modern Philosophy of Religion
The History of Western Philosophy of Religion, volume 3
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2014
The early modern period in philosophy - encompassing the 16th to the 18th centuries - reflects a time of social and intellectual turmoil. The Protestant Reformation, the Catholic Counter-Reformation, and the birth of the Enlightenment all contributed to the re-evaluation of reason and faith. The revolution...
Ancient Philosophy of Religion
The History of Western Philosophy of Religion, Volume 1
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2014
The origins of the Western philosophical tradition lie in the ancient Greco-Roman world. This volume provides a unique insight into the life and writings of a diverse group of philosophers in antiquity and presents the latest thinking on their views on God, the gods, religious belief and practice....
by Graham Oppy
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2018
This book is an elementary introduction to atheism and agnosticism. It begins with a careful characterisation of atheism and agnosticism, distinguishing them from many other things with which they are often conflated. After a brief discussion of the theoretical framework within which atheism and agnosticism...
Twentieth-Century Philosophy of Religion
The History of Western Philosophy of Religion, Volume 5
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2014
The twentieth century saw religion challenged by the rise of science and secularism, a confrontation which resulted in an astonishingly diverse range of philosophical views about religion and religious belief. Many of the major philosophers of the twentieth century - James, Bergson, Russell, Wittgenstein,...
Medieval Philosophy of Religion
The History of Western Philosophy of Religion, Volume 2
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014
The Medieval period was one of the richest eras for the philosophical study of religion. Covering the period from the 6th to the 16th century, reaching into the Renaissance, "The History of Western Philosophy of Religion 2" shows how Christian, Islamic and Jewish thinkers explicated and...
Nineteenth-Century Philosophy of Religion
The History of Western Philosophy of Religion, Volume 4
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2014
The nineteenth century was a turbulent period in the history of the philosophical scrutiny of religion. Major scholars - such as Hegel, Fichte, Schelling, Newman, Caird and Royce - sought to construct systematic responses to the Enlightenment critiques of religion carried out by Spinoza and Hume....