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    (1 other version)The kalām cosmological argument.Paul Copan & William Lane Craig (eds.) - 2017 - New York: Bloomsbury, Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing.
    [1] Philosophical arguments for the finitude of the past -- [2] Scientific evidence for the beginning of the universe.
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    Original Sin and Christian Philosophy.Paul Copan - 2003 - Philosophia Christi 5 (2):519-541.
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    Is Yahweh a Moral Monster?Paul Copan - 2008 - Philosophia Christi 10 (1):7-37.
    The new atheists (Dawkins, Dennett, Harris, Hitchens) level arguments against Old Testament morality as primitive and barbaric, presumably undercutting belief in the biblical God (Yahweh). Yet the Old Testament presents creational moral ideals in Genesis 1–2. Because of Israel’s embeddedness in the ancient Near East’s harsh, morally-problematic social milieu, Old Testament legislation is in places still morally inferior, though offering dramatic, incremental improvements upon such conditions. Mosaic Law attempts to regulate and limit tolerated structures (warfare, polygamy, patriarchalism, slavery), permitting various (...)
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  4. The moral argument.Paul Copan - 2007 - In Paul Copan & Chad V. Meister (eds.), Philosophy of Religion: Classic and Contemporary Issues. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
     
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    Divine Narcissism?Paul Copan - 2006 - Philosophia Christi 8 (2):313-325.
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    The Rationality of Theism.Paul Copan & Paul Moser (eds.) - 2003 - Routledge.
    _The Rationality of Theism_ is a controversial collection of brand new papers by thirteen outstanding philosophers and scholars. Its aim is to offer comprehensive theistic replies to the traditional arguments against the existence of God, offering a positive case for theism as well as rebuttals of recent influential criticisms of theism.
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    Can Michael Martin Be a Moral Realist?Paul Copan - 1999 - Philosophia Christi 1 (2):45-72.
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    Yahweh Wars and the Canaanites.Paul Copan - 2009 - Philosophia Christi 11 (1):73-90.
    The divine command to kill the Canaanites is the most problematic of all Old Testament ethical issues. This article responds to challenges raised by Wes Morriston and Randal Rauser. It argues that biblical and extrabiblical evidence suggests that the Canaanites who were killed were combatants rather than noncombatants and that, given the profound moral corruption of Canaan, this divinely-directed act was just. Even if it turns out that non­combatants were directly targeted, the overarching Old Testament narrative is directed toward the (...)
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    The Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Religion, edited by Stewart Goetz and Charles Taliaferro.Paul Copan - 2022 - Philosophia Christi 24 (2):296-298.
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    The Epistemology of Religious Disagreement.Chad Bogosian & Paul Copan - 2018 - Philosophia Christi 20 (1):207-214.
    Our introduction to the special topics forum provides a brief explanation of terms central to the general epistemology of disagreement literature that has developed over the past fifteen years. We then provide an overview of each contributor’s paper with an eye toward how each one relates to and extends the discussion about the epistemology of disagreement. Papers are arranged in an effort to draw readers into the discussion as follows: applying different general theories about disagreement to religious disagreement in particular, (...)
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    Atheistic Goodness Revisited.Paul Copan - 2000 - Philosophia Christi 2 (1):91-104.
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    A Kryptic Model of the Incarnation.Paul Copan - 2017 - Philosophia Christi 19 (1):234-237.
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    A little book for new philosophers: why and how to study philosophy.Paul Copan - 2016 - Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press.
    Why study philosophy? -- Philosophy and baking bread -- Philosophy as loving wisdom -- Faith, philosophy, and scripture -- Thinking about God -- How to study philosophy -- Virtuous philosophy -- Philosophy and community -- Doubting wisely -- Considering philosophy.
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    A Protestant Perspective on Human Dignity.Paul Copan - 2012 - In Stephen Dilley & Nathan J. Palpant (eds.), Human Dignity in Bioethics: From Worldviews to the Public Square. New York: Routledge. pp. 13--67.
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    After Twenty Years: Personal Reflections.Paul Copan - 2019 - Philosophia Christi 21 (1):23-29.
    This autobiographical article commemorates the twentieth anniversary of Philosophia Christi—the journal of the Evangelical Philosophical Society. I give my own personal narrative of the EPS’s influence on my life beginning in the mid-1980s as a master’s-level graduate student. This narrative then recounts my deepened involvement with the Society starting in the late 1990s, when it began going through pioneering structural and leadership changes and key developments over the past twenty years.
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    Comments and Questions on Evil and the Justice of God.Paul Copan - 2008 - Philosophia Christi 10 (2):451-460.
    Theologian N. T. Wright’s book Evil and the Justice of God offers a biblical response to the problem of evil without attempting to “solve” the issue, but to shed light on the problem from a Christian theological perspective. This essay affirms Wright’s approach, but notes the need for greater clarity of the ontological language related to evil. The essay also seeks further answers to questions regarding animal suffering and the fall as well as the role of force in preventing gross (...)
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  17. Correspondence or Coherence? The Truth about Kant.Paul Copan - 1997 - Dialogue (Misc) 40:10-18.
     
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    Contending with Christianity's Critics.Paul Copan & William Lane Craig (eds.) - 2009 - B&H Publishing.
    Eighteen respected modern Christian apologists respond to the popular writings of New Atheists and others who doubt God's existence, the historical Jesus, and Christian doctrines.
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    Evil and Christian Ethics.Paul Copan - 2002 - Philosophia Christi 4 (2):542-546.
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  20. Evil and Original Sin.Paul Copan - 2013 - In Chad Meister & James K. Dew (eds.), God and Evil: The Case for God in a World Filled with Pain. InterVarsity Press. pp. 124–137.
     
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    Good God: The Theistic Foundations of Morality.Paul Copan - 2012 - Philosophia Christi 14 (2):481-485.
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    Just War as Deterrence against Terrorism?Paul Copan - 2016 - Philosophia Christi 18 (1):99-107.
    The increased terrorist threat troubles all right-thinking persons. Terrorism also raises particular theological and ethical questions for Christians. Is the use of force ever permissible? Is there a difference between the individual Christian’s response to personal enemies and the Christian serving in an official capacity to stop threats to a nation or society? Jesus’s commands to “turn the other cheek” and “not resist evil” are understood differently by the just warrior and pacifist camps. This article sets the stage for related (...)
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    Loving wisdom: a guide to philosophy and Christian faith.Paul Copan - 2020 - Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
    Presents a biblical philosophy of religion, addressing a wide range of topics and questions as they arise in scripture.
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    Morality and Meaning without God, Another Failed Attempt: A Review Essay on 'Atheism, Morality, and Meaning'.Paul Copan - 2004 - Philosophia Christi 6 (2):295 - 304.
    Atheist Michael Martin’s book ’Atheism, Morality, and Meaning’ attempts to defend the possibility of a naturalistic basis for morality and meaning; God (particularly the Christian God) is unnecessary to ground meaning, ethics, rights, moral obligation and motivation. Martin’s flawed arguments rely heavily on epistemological criteria rather than on (the far more critical) ontological grounding: why think personhood, obligation, and objective moral values should emerge from mindless, impersonal valueless processes? Martin’s arguments regarding Christian ethics, salvation, and atonement are problematic in various (...)
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    Morality and meaning without God: Another failed attempt.Paul Copan - 2003 - Philosophia Christi 2:295-304.
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    Philosophy of Religion: Classic and Contemporary Issues.Paul Copan & Chad V. Meister (eds.) - 2007 - Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
    Philosophy of Religion: Classic and Contemporary Issues offers a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the most important ideas and arguments in this resurgent field. Provides a solid foundation on the history of religious philosophy while broadening our understanding of religion’s significance in today’s world Features 18 newly-commissioned essays by well-known scholars with varied viewpoints on the philosophy of religion Examines the evolution of religious philosophy from it roots to contemporary issues while expanding its analysis to include non-Western religious themes Includes (...)
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    The Allure of Gentleness: Defending the Faith in the Manner of Jesus.Paul Copan - 2018 - Philosophia Christi 20 (1):309-312.
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    Truth Decay: Defending Christianity Against the Challenges of Postmodernism.Paul Copan - 2001 - Philosophia Christi 3 (2):598-602.
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    (1 other version)The Naturalness of Belief: New Essays on Theism’s Rationality.Paul Copan & Charles Taliaferro (eds.) - 2018 - Lanham: Lexington Books.
    This volume exposes naturalism’s unnaturalness and defends theism’s naturalness and greater explanatory power to account for wide-ranging phenomena in the world and human experience. A broadening of naturalism to accommodate these features means borrowing heavily from—and thus more closely resembling—a theistic worldview.
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  30. The Rationality of Theism.Paul Copan & Paul K. Moser - 2005 - International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 57 (1):71-74.
     
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  31. The Kalam Cosmological Argument, Volume Two: Scientific Evidence for the Beginning of the Universe.William Lane Craig & Paul Copan (eds.) - 2017 - New York: Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (2017).
    The kalam cosmological argument-perhaps the most discussed philosophical argument for God's existence in recent decades-maintains that whatever begins to exist must have a cause. And since the universe began to exist, there must be a transcendent cause of its beginning, a conclusion which is confirmatory of theism. So this medieval argument for the finitude of the past has received fresh wind in its sails from recent scientific discoveries. This collection reviews and assesses the merits of the latest scientific evidences for (...)
     
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    A Companion to Philosophy of Religion. [REVIEW]Paul Copan - 1998 - Review of Metaphysics 52 (2):474-475.
    Another fine addition to the Blackwell Companions of Philosophy series has been published. I consider it a gold mine! Although it is designed to be “a guide to philosophy of religion for nonspecialists”, it will certainly engage “the specialist” as well. Quinn and Taliaferro have collected succinct essays from leading thinkers on the philosophy of religion—Ninian Smart, Scott MacDonald, Merold Westphal, Brian Hebblethwaite, Roger Trigg, Alvin Plantinga, Terence Penelhum, Paul Helm, Eleonore Stump, George Mavrodes, William Craig, Jonathan Kvanvig, Basil Mitchell—to (...)
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    Body and Soul: Human Nature and the Crisis in Ethics. [REVIEW]Paul Copan - 2001 - Review of Metaphysics 55 (1):151-152.
    What do Jerusalem and Athens have to do with the Mayo Clinic? Biola University professors Moreland and Rae show us the intrinsic connection between substance dualism and the ethics of personhood. Far too often, “science” or “medicine” makes pronouncements on the status of this or that individual’s personhood, and it simply has no business doing so. This, Moreland and Rae argue, is the domain of theology and philosophy—however helpful science might be in giving insight to how physical systems function. Scholar (...)
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  34. (1 other version)Book Review. [REVIEW]Paul Copan - 2008 - Philosophia Christi 10 (2):475-479.
     
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    Craig, William Lane. Time and the Metaphysics of Relativity. [REVIEW]Paul Copan - 2003 - Review of Metaphysics 56 (3):640-642.
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    Divine Evil? The Moral Character of the God of Abraham, edited by Michael Bergmann, Michael J. Murray, and Michael C. Rea. [REVIEW]Paul Copan - 2013 - Faith and Philosophy 30 (1):114-117.
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    God and the Philosophers: The Reconciliation of Faith and Reason. [REVIEW]Paul Copan - 1997 - Review of Metaphysics 50 (4):910-910.
    Religious philosophers are individuals who "claim to have found that the most fundamental of... realities is spiritual". As they have made a remarkable show of strength in the past couple of decades, University of Notre Dame philosopher Thomas Morris has asked a number of "active, creative, theistic philosophers" to write an essay "from the heart", reflecting the compatibility of faith and reason.
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    God, Time, and Eternity: The Coherence of Theism II: Eternity. [REVIEW]Paul Copan - 2003 - Review of Metaphysics 56 (3):639-639.
    In his companion volumes by Kluwer, The Tensed Theory of Time: A Critical Examination and The Tenseless Theory of Time: A Critical Examination, William Craig makes a persuasive case for the A- theory of time and against the B- theory of time. In the present volume Craig addresses the relationship of God to time. He concludes his book: “given a tensed theory of time and the attendant reality of tense and temporal becoming, the most plausible construal of divine eternity is (...)
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    Knowledge of God. [REVIEW]Paul Copan - 2011 - Faith and Philosophy 28 (3):344-348.
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    Moreland, J. P., and Scott B. Rae. Body and Soul: Human Nature and the Crisis in Ethics. [REVIEW]Paul Copan - 2001 - Review of Metaphysics 55 (1):151-153.
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    Making Sense of Your Freedom. [REVIEW]Paul Copan - 1996 - Review of Metaphysics 49 (3):651-653.
    Felt, a philosophy professor at Santa Clara University, has helpfully expounded the freedom-determinism discussion in a popular, understandable manner. Although he admits that there are no knock-down arguments against determinism, belief in freedom is the more plausible, sensible perspective. Felt presents the basic arguments defending the related concepts of determinism, compatibilism, and fatalism and successfully refutes them. Felt also discusses concepts of temporality, causality, and the problem of evil as they relate to freedom.
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    Morris, Thomas V., ed. God and the Philosophers: The Reconciliation of Faith and Reason. [REVIEW]Paul Copan - 1997 - Review of Metaphysics 50 (4):910-911.
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    Plantinga, Alvin. Warranted Christian Belief. [REVIEW]Paul Copan - 2001 - Review of Metaphysics 54 (4):939-941.
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  44. Paul Copan. [REVIEW]Paul Copan - 2001 - Review of Metaphysics 55 (2):386-387.
    This companion volume to philosopher William Craig’s Tensed Theory of Time is an excellent exposition and critique of the arguments for a tenseless of time as well as a presentation of arguments against it; thus, in light of the Tensed Theory volume, Craig sees an A-theoretic understanding of time vindicated. The present volume is, again, divided into two parts: “Arguments for a B-Theory of Time” and “Arguments Against a B-Theory of Time”. Craig’s meticulously researched and well-reasoned book exhibits an impressive (...)
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    Time and the Metaphysics of Relativity. [REVIEW]Paul Copan - 2003 - Review of Metaphysics 56 (3):640-641.
    Philosopher William Lane Craig of the Talbot School of Theology has published three other Kluwer books on time and eternity and God’s relationship to them. In this book, Craig draws some important strands together regarding the concept of God and relativity theory. He notes the striking “paucity of integrative literature” in this regard: “I am convinced that this lack is largely due to the fact that theologians and philosophers of religion do not understand Einstein’s theories and so are reduced to (...)
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    The Blackwell Guide to Continental Philosophy. [REVIEW]Paul Copan - 2005 - Review of Metaphysics 58 (3):684-685.
    This useful, introductory guide to Continental philosophy is another fine volume within the Blackwell Philosophy Guides series, whose editor is Steven M. Cahn. Robert Solomon teaches business and philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, and David Sherman teaches philosophy at the University of Montana–Missoula.
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    The Tenseless Theory of Time. [REVIEW]Paul Copan - 2001 - Review of Metaphysics 55 (2):386-388.
    William Lane Craig is Research Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology. Quentin Smith considers him “one of the leading philosophers of time,” and his impressive, exhaustive three volume series on God, time, relativity, and eternity clearly demonstrates this. As the first two volumes are devoted to the problem of time—examining whether a dynamic/tensed or static/tenseless view of time is correct—I review them back-to-back.
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    Warranted Christian Belief. [REVIEW]Paul Copan - 2001 - Review of Metaphysics 54 (4):939-940.
    Alvin Plantinga is John A. O’Brien Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. This book is the third volume in his trilogy on warrant, which is that elusive x that turns true belief into knowledge and which is bound up with the proper function of our cognitive processes and faculties according to a design plan.
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