Category Archives: Religion

Where have we got to, then, a bit over half way through Murray and Rea’s An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion? Religious belief has been tied (I’d say pretty misguidedly) to “perfect being” theology. Murray and Rea have a … Continue reading →

Chapter 5 of the Murray/Rea Introduction is called “Theistic arguments”. They start off — perhaps rather too predictably — by considering at length the tricksy argument which philosophy of religion courses seem to get obsessed with, but which (at least … Continue reading →

No. I’m not giving up my day job. A new logic book project is under way and taking nearly all my attention. When I’m more confident that it is “taking off” and going places, I’ll say more about it here: … Continue reading →

I’m finding myself blogging about the Murray/Rea book in more detail than I ever intended: and having got into my stride, I really ought to go back to say more about the first chapter about which I have so far … Continue reading →

Onwards! Chapter 4 of the Murray/Rea Introduction is entitled ‘Faith and Rationality’. There’s quite a bit in this chapter. I don’t have faith in any of it. Let’s start with faith itself. They are interested in faith in that sense … Continue reading →

The concluding part of Chapter 3 of Michael Murray and Michael Rea’s An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion concerns the incarnation. Just two very quick comments on these pages, one on how the authors approach the issue, and one … Continue reading →

Pp. 75–80 of the Murray/Rea Introduction contain a rather extraordinary episode which I can’t forbear from commenting on. They consider the following argument — they call it the “Lord-Liar-Lunatic” argument — for believing the Jesus of Nazereth was divine. Jesus … Continue reading →

The first part of the Murray/Rea book, ‘The Nature of God’, has a couple of chapters on God’s attributes which I’ve just said just a bit about: and now there’s a chapter on more specifically Christian characterizations of God. I’ll … Continue reading →

The second chapter of the Murray/Rea Introduction is on “Attributes of God: eternity, knowledge and providence”. It has to be said, again, that the discussion seems to be pretty remote from engaging with the religious meaning of talk of seeking … Continue reading →