SCM Core Text The Philosophy of Religion

Spiritual encounters and the problems raised by evil and suffering are the experiences that affect our religious beliefs most powerfully. In this far-reaching textbook on the philosophical study of religion Gwen Griffith-Dickson fills a gap in the market by considering these questions in the context of the world's many religions and philosophical traditions giving attention to Continental European and Eastern philosophy as well as to Anglo-American thinking. This is the only textbook of its kind to offer the reader such a wide and inclusive overview of contemporary philosophical study of religions. About the AuthorGwen Griffith-Dickson is Head of the Centre for the Interdisciplinary Study of Religion Faculty of Continuing Education Birkbeck University of London.