• Book Review (review)
    Philosophia Christi 5 (1): 327. 2003.
  •  30
    God’s World, God’s Body (review)
    Faith and Philosophy 4 (1): 93-98. 1987.
  •  559
    The Double-Movement Model of Forgiveness in Buddhist and Christian Rituals
    European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 1 (1). 2009.
    We offer a model of moral reform and regeneration that involves a wrong-doer making two movements: on the one hand, he identifies with himself as the one who did the act, while he also intentionally moves away from that self (or set of desires and intentions) and moves toward a transformed identity. We see this model at work in the formal practice of contrition and reform in Christian and Buddhist rites. This paper is part of a broader project we are undertaking on the philosophy of forgiveness
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    Charles Taliaferro has written a dynamic narrative history of philosophical reflection on religion from the seventeenth century to the present, with an emphasis on shifting views of faith and the nature of evidence. The book begins with the movement called Cambridge Platonism, which formed a bridge between the ancient and medieval worlds and early modern philosophy. While the book provides a general overview of different movements in philosophy, it also offers a detailed exposition and reflectio…Read more
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    Saving our souls: Hacking's archaeology and Churchland's neurology
    Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy 40 (1). 1997.
  •  5
    Divine Action (review)
    Faith and Philosophy 10 (1): 119-123. 1993.
  •  9
    Philosophers without God (review)
    Philosophia Christi 11 (1): 224-230. 2009.
    An overview and critical evaluation of personal testimonies and arguments by some contemporary atheist philosophers. Feldman’s case that epistemic parity (where equally intelligent persons adopt incompatible beliefs) should lead to agnosticism is examined and found to be self-refuting.
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    The view from above and below
    Heythrop Journal 30 (4). 1989.
  • Consciousness and the Mind of God
    International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 39 (2): 123-125. 1996.
  •  1
    Prayer
    In P. Copan & C. Meister (eds.), The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Religion, Routledge. pp. 617--625. 2007.
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    The incorporeality of God
    Modern Theology 3 (2): 179-188. 1987.
  • Book Review (review)
    Philosophia Christi 4 (2): 549-552. 2002.
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    Kenny and sensing God
    Sophia 25 (2): 11-16. 1986.
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    A modal argument for dualism
    Southern Journal of Philosophy 24 (1): 95-108. 1986.
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    Experimental Thoughts and Thought Experiments
    Philosophia Christi 14 (1): 193-207. 2012.
    Parfit’s new two-volume book, On What Matters, is used to make three points about the use of thought experiments in philosophy: thought experiments must be relevantly focused, finely-grained in descriptive force, and, when they meet these conditions, a thought experiment can overturn a substantial philosophical position, namely Parfit’s rejection of libertarian freedom. While principally a contribution to philosophical methodology, along the way this paper defends moral realism, Parfit’s rejecti…Read more
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    A companion to philosophy of religion
    with Philip L. Quinn
    In Dennis M. Patterson (ed.), International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Blackwell. pp. 53-63. 1996.
    In 85 new and updated essays, this comprehensive volume provides an authoritative guide to the philosophy of religion. Includes contributions from established philosophers and rising stars 22 new entries have now been added, and all material from the previous edition has been updated and reorganized Broad coverage spans the areas of world religions, theism, atheism,, the problem of evil, science and religion, and ethics
  • ``Divine Cognitive Power"
    International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 18 133-140. 1985.
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    Review of Paul Janz, God, the Mind's Desire: Reference, Reason and Christian Thinking (review)
    Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2004 (10). 2004.
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    Divine Action (review)
    Faith and Philosophy 10 (1): 119-123. 1993.
  •  128
    Possibilities in the philosophy of mind
    Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 57 (1): 127-37. 1997.
    This paper seeks to overturn the claim that Cartesian arguments for dualism based on the conceivable separation of person and body lack warrant, since it is just as conceivable that persons are identical with their bodies as it is that persons and their bodies are distinct. If the thesis of the paper is cogent, then it is not as easy to imagine person-body identity as many anti-Cartesians suppose
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    Consciousness and the Mind of God
    Cambridge University Press. 1994.
    This work addresses the challenge of contemporary materialism for thinking about God. The book examines contemporary theories of consciousness and defends a non-materialist theory of persons, subjectivity and God. A version of dualism is articulated that seeks to avoid the fragmented outlook of most dualist theories. Dualism is often considered to be inadequate both philosophically and ethically, and is seen as a chief cause of denigrating the body and of promoting individualism and scepticism. …Read more
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    The God Who Acts (review)
    Faith and Philosophy 13 (3): 454-457. 1996.
  • Book Review (review)
    Philosophia Christi 1 (2): 137-139. 1999.
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    God’s World, God’s Body (review)
    Faith and Philosophy 4 (1): 93-98. 1987.
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    The argument from transposed modalities
    Metaphilosophy 93 (January-April): 93-100. 1991.
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    Animals, Brains, and Spirits
    Faith and Philosophy 12 (4): 567-581. 1995.
    This paper contains an overview of the significance of dualism for theism and a modal argument for dualism. It concludes with remarks on the relevance of the modal case on behalf of dualism for an intramural materialist quarrel between animalists and brain-identity theorists.
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    Events of Grace (review)
    Review of Metaphysics 52 (2): 449-451. 1998.
    Is Christian faith compatible with a thoroughgoing naturalist view of the cosmos? Hardwick thinks so, and in this book he articulates and defends a naturalist form of Christianity. Hardwick argues that Christianity is not committed to the truth of theism, nor to any view that there is a God who created and redeems the cosmos through an incarnation. Instead, Christian faith witnesses to “events of grace” in which believers develop an “openness to being”. “To live a life of faith is to live with a…Read more