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Swinburne on Mind, Morality and Meaning

Mind, Morality and Free Will

Richard Swinburne

Oxford University Press

2013

 1) Mental and Physical Properties

2) Causal Closure and Science

3) The Soul and the Self

4)  Mind, Morality and Meaning

 A shorter version of this review will be available on www.apologetics315.com

Theologians and scientists seem blissfully unaware that that the soul is alive and well in contemporary philosophy.

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God and Agent Explanations: A Guide for the Perplexed

“Why believe that there is a God at all? My answer is that to suppose that there is a God explains why there is a physical universe at all; why there are the scientific laws there are; why animals and then human beings have evolved; why humans have the opportunity to mould their characters and those of their fellow humans for good or ill and to change the environment in which we live; why we have the well-authenticated account of Christ‟s life, death and resurrection; why throughout the centuries millions of people (other than ourselves) have had the apparent experience of being in touch with an guided by God, and so much else.

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