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Philosophy of religion is a branch of metaphysics devoted to the analysis of religious phenomena, beliefs, movements etc. It is mostly concerned with evaluating religious claims, e.g., claims regarding the definition, the existence, "nature", and activities of God.

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• Baylor University: Philosophy of Religion

  http://bearspace.baylor.edu/Scott_Moore/www/Phi_Rel_info.html
  Many links on religious philosophers and their impact through history. From a course taught by Scott Moore.

• Descriptive and Formal Ontology: The Ontological Argument from Anselm to Gödel

  http://www.ontology.co/ontological-proof.htm
  A selected bibliography on the ontological argument, with particular attention to the historical and logical developments.

• Gnostic Return in Modernity and Gnostic Apocalypse

  http://ndpr.nd.edu/news/23198/?id=1146
  Dermot Moran reviews this book by Cyril O'Regan. From Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.

• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Ontological Argument

  http://www.iep.utm.edu/ont-arg/
  Article by Kenneth Einar Himma reviewing the argument's development through Anselm, Aquinas, Kant and Plantinga.

• Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania: Leading Scientists Still Reject God

  http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/sci_relig.htm
  Article by Donald Simanek considering the current theory that scientists are finding "evidence" allowing for God.

• Of the Impossibility of an Ontological Proof of the Existence of God

  http://www.rbjones.com/rbjpub/philos/classics/kant/kant127.htm
  A passage from Kant's Critique of Pure Reason.

• Philosophy of Religion

  http://www.philosophyofreligion.info/
  Explains and assesses the classical arguments for and against God's existence. Includes a section on divine command theory.

• Rudolf Steiner and Religion

  http://www.rsarchive.org/Religion/
  The Religion Section of the Rudolf Steiner Archive presents some of the lectures and publications of Rudolf Steiner related to the Philosophy of Religion.

• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Descartes' Ontological Argument

  http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes-ontological/
  Discussion of René Descartes' ontological proof of the existence of God. By Lawrence Nolan.

• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Immutability

  http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/immutability/
  Entry by Brian Leftow on the doctrine that God cannot undergo real change.

• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Omnipotence

  http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/omnipotence/
  The theistic thesis that God has maximal power. By Joshua Hoffman and Gary Rosenkrantz.

• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Ontological Arguments

  http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ontological-arguments/
  A survey by Graham Oppy of arguments for God's existence that do not proceed from observation of the world around us.

• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Pascal's Wager

  http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pascal-wager/
  Argument due to Blaise Pascal for believing, or for at least taking steps to believe, in God. Encyclopedia entry by Alan Hájek.

• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Philosophy and Christian Theology

  http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/christiantheology-philosophy/
  Michael Murray's discussion of philosophical implications of Christian theological views.

• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Theological Voluntarism

  http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/voluntarism-theological/
  Survey of divine command theory by Mark Murphy.

• The God Who May Be: A Hermeneutics of Religion

  http://ndpr.nd.edu/news/23362/?id=1241
  Frances Gray reviews this book by Richard Kearney. From Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.

• The High Way

  http://thehighway.wordpress.com/
  Weblog exploring beliefs relating to the existence of a God or gods (theism) and specifically the systematic development of the knowledge of God (theology).

• The Proceedings of the Friesian School: Philosophy of Religion

  http://www.friesian.com/religion.htm
  In the tradition of the Friesian School, this is a non-peer-reviewed electronic journal and archive of philosophy of religion edited by Kelley L. Ross, Ph.D.

• The Prosblogion

  http://prosblogion.ektopos.com/
  Philosophy of religion blog written by professionals and graduate students.

• Theistic Philosophers on the Web

  http://theism.actualism.com/theistic.php3
  Links to individuals who classify themselves as both philosophers and theists.

• Understanding the Ontological Argument

  http://www.angelfire.com/mn2/tisthammerw/rlgnphil/ontological.html
  Article reviewing a number of formulations of, and objections to, this proof of God's existence. By Wade A. Tisthammer.

• University of Notre Dame: Center for Philosophy of Religion

  http://www.nd.edu/~cprelig/
  Established in 1976 to encourage philosophy that takes Christianity for granted, exploring the consequences of theism rather than questioning its basis.

• University of Notre Dame: Jacques Maritain Center

  http://www.nd.edu/~maritain/
  Includes interviews, art, works, biography, and dictionaries.

• Wabash College: Internet Guide to Philosophy and Religion

  http://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/resources/result_browse.aspx?topic=648&pid=626
  Collection of resources about philosophy of religion.

• Western Kentucky University: Philosophical Views of God

  http://people.wku.edu/jan.garrett/philvws.htm
  Essay by Jan Garrett reviewing various philosophical perspectives on God, including the views of the Stoics, Augustine and Hartshorne.

• Wikipedia: Gödel's Ontological Proof

  http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%F6del's_ontological_proof
  Article on 20th-century logician Kurt Gödel's formulation of this argument for God's existence.

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