Great Thinkers on Great Questions

This innovative and challenging book presents cogent answers from some of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth century to fifteen of the most enduring questions posed by humanity.

Drawing on a diverse range of views from such influential shapers of modern thought as Richard Swinburne, Alvin Plantinga and Keith Ward, Great Thinkers on Great Questions features discussion of key issues, including:

the existence of the soul
psychology, sociology and religious belief
free will
morality and cultural conditioning
God and modern science

For questioning minds who seek alternative philosophical viewpoints, this is a unique and accessible assessment of humankind s common experience that offers a new vision for the next millennium.

Part 1: Can We Known and Know That we Know? 21
Relativism 23
Universal Insights presupposed by science and philosophy 39

Part II: is matter the whole story 41
The existence of the soul 43
the freedom of the will 70
Life after death 83
Reincarnation 87

Part III: Are religion and Morality Simply and Solely By-products of the Socio-Cultural Environment? 95
Psychology,sociology and religious belief 97
Right and Wrong 100
Atheism 108

Part IV : Is There a God? 115
The existence of God 117
God and Modern Science 154
The Problem of Evil 191
Pantheism 206
Divine actions in the world and human history 212

Part V: What Can We Know About God? 219
Omniscience, omnipotence, eternity and infinity 221