Petitionary Prayer - A Philosophical Investigation

A work in the philosophy of religion on the efficacy of prayer.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: Challenges and Defenses


• 2: Petitionary Prayer Characterized


• 3: Divine Freedom Challenges


• 4: Epistemological Challenges


• 5: Epistemological Defenses


• 6: Divine Goodness and Praying for Others


• 7: Responsibility-Based Defenses


• 8: Self-Directed Petitionary Prayer and New Defenses


• 9: Practical Questions and the Nature of Faith


• 10: Conclusion


• Bibliography

About the author

Scott A. Davison is Professor of Philosophy at Morehead State University. He has written extensively on issues related to divine providence and human freedom, including entries concerning prophecy and petitionary prayer for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, and he is the author of On the Intrinsic Value of Everything (Continuum, 2012). He currently serves as Associate Editor for Faith and Philosophy and as the book review editor for the International Journal for Philosophy of Religion. A former research fellow in the Moore Institute at the National University of Ireland in Galway, he also taught Philosophy at Calvin College and Minzu University of China, served on the Executive Committee of the Society of Christian Philosophers, and is past president of the Society for Philosophy of Religion.

Summary

A work in the philosophy of religion on the efficacy of prayer.

Product details

• Authors: Scott A. Davison, Scott A. (Professor of Philosophy Davison, Davison Scott A.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.02.2017
• EAN: 9780198757740
• ISBN: 978-0-19-875774-0
• No. of pages: 198
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Religious, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Philosophy, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Nature & existence of God, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Philosophy of religion, Nature and existence of God and of the Divine