Abstract
This paper challenges the belief that natural theology suffers from a crisis. It highlights the boom of the Anglo-American philosophy of religion (I), the involved boom of theism (II), and the seminal works of Alvin Plantinga (III). Certain prominent features in the resulting natural theology are discussed: the focus on systematic problems; the analytical style; the belief that reality is discovered rather than construed; the interpretation of religious statements as truth claims with objective truth-values; and the belief that sound arguments for answers to certain existential and moral questions can be provided (IV). Finally, issues of natural theology are surveyed: the meaning and consistency of statements about God; their justification from public sources and private religious experience (V). A picture emerges of the genesis, content, and vitality of a great area of contemporary natural theology.
Highlights
This paper challenges the belief that natural theology suffers from a crisis
It highlights the boom of the Anglo-American philosophy of religion (I), the involved boom of theism (II), and the seminal works of Alvin Plantinga (III)
A picture emerges of the genesis, content, and vitality of a great area of contemporary natural theology
Summary
Zatímco angloamerická filosofie v první polovině 20. století svůj zájem o náboženské výpovědi utlumila, v polovině druhé jej oživila.[2]. Století svůj zájem o náboženské výpovědi utlumila, v polovině druhé jej oživila.[2] Filosofie se snad zrodila z údivu – či zoufalství – ohledně existence a povahy dobra, bohů a posmrtného života. 2 Viz Eugene Thomas Long, Twentieth Century Western Philosophy of Religion 1900–2000, Dordrecht: Kluwer, 2003; Charles Taliaferro – Erik S. Let začala nová éra angloamerické filosofie náboženství. V tomto ohledu angloamerická filosofie náboženství byla a je nejen polem aplikace nových idejí, ale také jejich vzniku. Wainwright, New York: Oxford University Press, 2005; The Routledge Companion to Theism, ed. 8 Viz New Ways in Philosophy of Religion, ed. Wielenberg, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008; Scientific Approaches to the Philosophy of Religion, ed. Philosophy of Religion: A Contemporary Introduction, Londýn: Routledge, 1999; A Companion to Philosophy of Religion (2010), části I a II; The Oxford
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