I. Introduction

• Religion as a Phenomenon. What is Philosophy of Religion

A. Definition of Religion

Religion (Catholic Encyclopedia)
Religion as a Cultural System (Geertz)
What is Religion? (Crosscurrents)

B. Different Approaches to the Study of Religion

1. Sociology of Religion
   Anthropology and Sociology of Religion (Rutgers University)
   
2. Psychology of Religion
   Psychology of Religion (Rutgers University)
   Psychology of Religion (Nielsen)
   
3. Religious Ethnography
4. History-Phenomenology of Religion
   Comparative Religion (Rutgers University)
   
5. Theology of Religions
6. Philosophy of Religion

II. Historical Exposition of the Different Philosophies of Religion

A. Immanuel Kant

Kant (Episteme Links)
Religion Within the Bounds of Reason
Does Kant Reduce Religion to Morality? (Palmquist)
Kant' Appropriation of Lampe's God (Palmquist)

B. Friedrich Hegel

G.W.F. Hegel (Episteme Links)
Hegel (Alphalink)
Hegel (Standford Encyclopedia)
Mattey's Lecture Notes on Hegel
Intro. To Hegel (Geocities)

C. Schleiermacher

Barth and Schleiermacher (Geocities)

D. Feuerbach

Principles of the Philosophy of the Future
The Essence of Christianity

E. Rudolf Otto

Otto's Concept of the Numinous
Otto in Rem B. Edwards

F. Sigmund Freud

Freudian Links

G. Carl Jung

Carl G. Jung Page

H. William James

William James (Episteme)
William James (Pajare)
William James (York University )

I. Emile Durkheim

Durkheim Homepage
Elementary Forms of Religion

III. Some Fundamental Issues in Philosophy of Religion

A. Grounds for Belief in God

1. Ontological Argument
   Anselm's Ontological Argument (Stanford)
   Ontological Argument (Lucas)
   Ontological Argument (Suber)
2. The Cosmological Arguments
   Thomas Aquinas
   Cosmological Argument (Infidels)
   Kalam's Cosmological Argument
3. The Design or Teleological Argument
   Paley's Argument
4. The Moral Argument
   C.S. Lewis' Moral Argument
   Moral Argument (Craig)
   Against Moral Argument (Infidel)
   Against Moral Argument (Vuletic)
5. The Argument from Special Events and Experience

B. Grounds for Disbelief in God

1. The Sociological Theory of Religion
2. The Freudian Theory of Religion
3. The Challenge of Modern Science
   Science and Religion (Discussion Papers of ASA Members)
4. The Problem of Evil
   The Philosophical Problem of Evil
   The Problem of Evil Revisited
   The Problem of Evil (Craig)
   Notes on the Problem of Evil (Longview College)
   Problem of Evil : Mill and Hick

C. Problems of Religious Language

1. Peculiarity of Religious Language
2. The Doctrine of Analogy (Aquinas)
3. The Doctrine Statements as Symbolic (Tillich)
4. Religious Language as Non-Cognitive
5. The Language Game Theory (Wittgenstein)
   Wittgenstein (Episteme Links)

C. Plurality of Religions: The Conflicting Truth Claims of Religion

1. Many Faiths, All Claiming to be True
2. W. A. Christian's Analysis
3. Critique of the Concept of Religion
4. Toward a Possible Solution
5. A Philosophical Framework
   John Hicks Hypothesis