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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      22 September 2009
      25 November 2006
      ISBN:
      9780511488399
      9780521421041
      9780521126274
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511488399
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.77kg, 394 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.58kg, 396 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Philosophy: General Interest, Religion, Philosophy, Religion: General Interest
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    Traditional theistic proofs are often understood as evidence intended to compel belief in a divinity. John Clayton explores the surprisingly varied applications of such proofs in the work of philosophers and theologians from several periods and traditions, thinkers as varied as Ramanuja, al-Ghazali, Anselm, and Jefferson. He shows how the gradual disembedding of theistic proofs from their diverse and local religious contexts is concurrent with the development of natural theologies and atheism as social and intellectual options in early modern Europe and America. Clayton offers a fresh reading of the early modern history of philosophy and theology, arguing that awareness of such history, and the local uses of theistic argument, offer important ways of managing religious and cultural difference in the public sphere. He argues for the importance of historically grounded philosophy of religion to the field of religious studies and public debate on religious pluralism and cultural diversity.

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    "This is one of the best works on cross-cultural philosophy of religion in the last ten years...Clayton offers an admirable, detailed analysis of theistic arguments and the relationship of faith and reason in early modern philosophy."--Charles Taliaferro, St. Olaf College: Religious Studies Review

    "...widely accessible for undergraduates and interested general readers...highly recommended for all scholars."--Gregory A. Walter, St. Olaf College: Philosophy in Review

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