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Title Talking God : philosophers on belief / [edited by] Gary Gutting.

Publication Info. New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]
©2017

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Location Call No. Status
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  210 TALKING    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  210 GUTTING    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  210 TALKING    Check Shelf
Edition First Edition.
Description xii, 219 pages ; 21 cm
Note "All interviews originally appeared in The Stone column of the New York Times." -- Title page verso
Contents Preface -- A case for theism / Alvin Plantinga -- A case for Atheism / Louise Antony -- Religion and deconstruction / John Caputo -- Experience and belief / Howard Wettstein -- Soft Atheism / Philip Kitcher -- Religion and scientific cosmology / Tim Maudlin -- Religion and evolution / Michael Ruse -- A Muslim perspective / Sajjad Rizvi -- Hinduism: divinity without God / Jonardon Ganeri -- Buddhism: religion without divinity / Jay Garfield -- Religion and knowledge / Keith Derose -- A historical context / Daniel Garber -- By way of a conclusion -- About the interviewees -- About the author.
Summary "Through interivews with twelve distinguished philosophers -- including atheists, agnostics, and believers -- Talking God works toward a philosophical understanding and evaluation of religion. Along the way, Gary Putting and his interviewees challenge many common assumptions about religious beliefs." -- Back cover
Subject Religions.
Religion -- Philosophy.
Atheism -- Philosophy.
Religion and science.
Religions. (OCoLC)fst01093898
Added Author Gutting, Gary, editor, interviewer.
ISBN 9780393352818 (paperback)
0393352811 (paperback)
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