Richard swinburne concludes that despite philosophical objections, most traditional claims about god are coherent that is, do not involve contradictions. The existence of god richard swinburne why believe that there is a god at all. Over the last 50 years swinburne has been a very influential proponent of natural theology, that is, philosophical arguments for the existence of god. No other work has made a more powerful case for the probability of the existence of god. During my period as an undergraduate i developed my abiding interest in all the central problems of philosophy, and especially in the issue of whether there is adequate. Swinburne argues compellingly that the existence of the universe, its lawgoverned nature and finetuning, human consciousness and moral awareness, and evidence of miracles and religious experience, all taken together and despite the occurrence of pain and. Swinburne analyzes the purposes of practicing a religion, and argues that religious faith requires belief that a particular. But it is normally only a paragraph or two, and the reasoning is. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Richard swinburne is currently considered a single author. Richard granville swinburne is a british philosopher.
Richard swinburne what did the author intend by naming his book the existence of god. The coherence of theism investigates what it means, and whether it is coherent, to say that there is a god. Browse gift certificates drmfree books my ebooks my account. This new, updated edition of richard swinburnes popular introductory book is there a god. Search for more books and articles on richard swinburne. In this pivotal volume of his tetralogy, richard swinburne builds a rigorous metaphysical system for describing the world, and applies this to assessing the worth of the christian tenets of the trinity and the incarnation. Faith and reason is a selfstanding examination of the implications for religious faith of swinburnes famous arguments about the coherence of theism and the existence of god. Most ebooks are available through search the library. Richard swinburne, is there a god richard swinburne, was jesus.
Richard swinburne books list of books by author richard. New post fulltext search for articles, highlighting downloaded books, view pdf in a browser and download history correction in our blog. See all books authored by richard swinburne, including is there a god. In this compelling new edition, richard swinburne, one of the most distinguished philosophers of religion today, argues that contrary to the claims of richard. During my period as an undergraduate i developed my abiding interest in all the central problems of philosophy, and especially in the issue of whether there is adequate justification for belief in god, and more particularily in the doctrines of the christian religion. Discover book depositorys huge selection of richard swinburne books online. Richard granville swinburne was born on 26 december 1934 at smethick, staffordshire. Swinburne tries to show in this book that there is a pinductive argument for the existence of god with the attributes omnipotent, omniscient and perfectly free, i. The christian god 9780198235125 by richard swinburne.
Swinburne gives a rigorous and penetrating analysis of the most important arguments for theism. Swinburne subscribes to the australia, new zealand and asia collections. Professor swinburne uses the methods of scientific reasoning to argue that the best answers to these questions are given by the existence of god. He was nominated for the nobel prize in literature in every year from 1903 to 1907 and again in 1909. Cosmologists have rolled back their theories to the moment of the big bang, the discovery of dna reveals the key to life, the. He is emeritus nolloth professor of the philosophy of the christian religion at the university of oxford.
Over the last 50 years swinburne has been an influential proponent of philosophical arguments for the existence of god. Richard swinburne second edition clarendon press oxford. Richard swinburne is a fellow of the british academy. It forms part of a trilogy which began with the coherence of theism clarendon press, 1977, reissued in paperback, 1986 and was completed by faith and reason clarendon press, 1981, reissued inpaperback, 1983, but it does not in any way presuppose knowledge of the earlier work. On first appearance, richard swinburnes the existence of god offers a highly structured, coherent, and rigorous argument for gods existence grounded in bayes theorem, inductive reasoning, confirmation theory, the intrinsic probability of simple hypotheses, substance dualism, and moral realism. For the possibility of miracles from miracles in philosophical quarterly 18 1968.
Richard swinburnes most popular book is is there a god. He is an emeritus professor of philosophy at the university of oxford. Richard swinburne primary author only author division. Richard swinburne project gutenberg selfpublishing. He went up to oxford as an undergraduate in 1954, reading for a b. Richard swinburne presents a substantially rewritten and updated edition of his most celebrated book.
Buy richard swinburne ebooks to read online or download in pdf or epub on your pc, tablet or mobile device. Evidence confirms makes more probable an explanatory hypothesis in so far as 1 given the hypothesis the evidence is to be expected, that is the hypothesis makes the evidence probable, 2 the evidence is not otherwise to be expected, 3 the hypothesis is simple, and 4 it fits with background knowledge i. He aroused much discussion with his early work in the philosophy of religion, a trilogy of books consisting of the coherence of theism, the existence of. Richard swinburne is one of the most influential contemporary proponents of the analytical philosophy of religion. Algernon charles swinburne 5 april 1837 10 april 1909 was an english poet, playwright, novelist, and critic. Although my views on many minor matters involved in the argument of the. Swinburnes philosophy of miracles richard swinburnes belief in miracles. He also writes about religious experience and science. In particular, he shows that there is strong philosophical support for the belief that jesus, while remaining god, acquired a human nature and lived on earth for thirty years as a human being. He was nolloth professor of the philosophy of the christian religion at the university of oxford from 1985 to 2002 and is currently emeritus nolloth professor of the philosophy of the christian religion. Books by richard swinburne author of is there a god.
The existence and nature of god a theodicy of heaven and hell. Richard swinburne presents a new edition of one of his classic works on philosophical theology. This edition is a shorter version of the existence of god, 1979. Richard swinburne s most popular book is is there a god. Swinburne, in the space of 125 pages, manages to sum up many of his books in easy to comprehend, interesting, and thoughtful bits of. I began my academic life at the university of oxford, with undergraduate 19547 and graduate 19579 degrees in philosophy and then a diploma in theology 195960. The coherence of theism paperback richard swinburne oxford university press we use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. This book assesses the worth of arguments for and against the existence of god. The existence of god kindle edition by swinburne, richard. Richard swinburne is a theist who believes in the existence of a judaeo christian god swinburne relied on empiricism when it came to miracles looking at evidence from the world around us to see miraculous events swinburne is a realist definition.
List of books and articles about richard swinburne. Richard swinburne short intellectual autobiography. His modest goal in this book is not to argue for the truth of miracles, but rather to defend the possibility of justified belief in the miraculous. It may seem today that the answers to all fundamental questions lie in the province of science, and that the scientific advances of the twentieth century leave little room for god. An analysis of richard swinburnes the existence of god 2010 by gabe czobel. What is it for there to be a god, and what reason is there for supposing him to be the traditional christian god. Evidence for god richard swinburne emeritus professor of philosophy at the university of oxford christian evidence society. I recommend the blackwell companion to natural theology edited by william lane craig and j.
This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. In the concept of miracle, richard swinburne rs examines humean arguments against miraclesi and finds them wanting. The coherence of theism paperback richard swinburne. Richard swinburne 39 a claim made in effect also by many earlier theologians and im plicit in the gospel itsel5 what matters is that people shall honestly seek after the truth, but if they do not find the truth i.
After school at charterhouse, he did his compulsory national service in the navy, becoming a russian interpreter. His philosophical contributions are primarily in the philosophy of religion and philosophy of science. Moreland and god and necessity by stephen parrish as two heavier books on the side of theism. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Well, clearly there have been various societies in which god, written with a small g, denotes some being with, who is invisible and has a. This book is based on the authors wilde lectures delivered in the university of oxford in 19767. The picture of the universe that science gives us iscompleted by god. Pdf the coherence of theism download read online free. Oxford university press, paperback edition 1997 144 pages.
Explore books by richard swinburne with our selection at. Swinburne is an emeritus professor of philosophy at the university of oxford. Dawkins has read the present book at least he includes it in his list of books cited or recommended but, oddly enough, he does not discuss swinburnes. He has written many technical works of religious philosophy over the last 50 years but also some popular philosophy aimed at the general reader. Richard swinburne argues compellingly that if there is a god, then the main doctrines which the christian church teaches about god are very probably true. The existence of god richard swinburne university of oxford. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. The orderliness of the universe and the existence of human beings. In this article i wish to investigate whether there could be strong historical evidence for the occurrence of miracles, and contrary to much writing which has derived from humes celebrated chapter of. Click download or read online button to get swinburne book now. Richard swinburne has 34 books on goodreads with 4087 ratings.
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