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This important textbook introduces the six great arguments for the existence of God, as found in a wealth of primary sources from classic and contemporary texts. It requires no specialist knowledge of philosophy, and is ideally suited to students and teachers at school or university level. Sections include: * The Ontological Argument (Anselm, Haight, Descartes, Kant, Findlay, Malcolm, Hick) * The Cosmological Argument (Aquinas, Taylor, Hume, Kant) * The Argument from Design (Paley, Hume, Darwin, Dawkins, Ward) * The Argument from Miracles (Hume, Hambourger, Coleman, Flew, Swinburne, Diamond) * The Moral Argument (Plato, Lewis, Kant, Rachels, Martin, Nielsen) * The Pragmatic Argument (Pascal, Gracely, Stich, Penelhum, James, Moore). Additional features include: * revision questions * key reading for each chapter and an extensive bibliography * illustrated biographies of key thinkers and their works * marginal notes and summaries of arguments.

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'It deserves to establish itself as a set text in its field.' - Brian Powley, Epworth Review In an attractive and ordered text, Michael Palmer takes us through philosophical arguments about the existence of God ... Pictures, tables, diagrams, facsimiles, exercises, subheadings and lucid prose make this an appealing book that can be highly recommended.' - William K. Kay, King's College London, Journal of Beliefs and Values '... Michael Palmer's Introduction and Sourcebook deservedly stands alone as a uniquely creative and inventive approach to the six major arguments for God's existence ... The Question of God posseses an integrity and a coherence completely lacking in similar books of this kind. Simply put it has been exceptionally well thought out, and exceptionally well presented.' - Rob Fisher, Reviews in Religion and Theology '... a model of its kind - logical, clear and fair-minded. No university or A level student has any excuse for failing after reading it.' - Martin Camroux, Expository Times '... Michael Palmer's Introduction and Sourcebook deservedly stands alone as a uniquely creative and inventive approach to the six major arguments for God's existence ...The Question of God posseses an integrity and a coherence completely lacking in similar books of this kind. Simply put it has been exceptionally well thought out, and exceptionally well presented.' - Rob Fisher, Reviews in Religion and Theology '... a model of its kind - logical, clear and fair-minded. No university or A level student has any excuse for failing after reading it.' - Martin Camroux, Expository Times

A model of the way in which an introductory work ought to be constructed. I enjoyed especially the encouraging lightheartedness of the revision questions to aid comprehension. <br>-Antony Flew, University of Reading <br> The six chapters treat the most important arguments for God within the Western theological tradition : the ontological, cosmological, moral, and pragmatic arguments, and the arguments from design and from miracles.. <br>- Theology Digest <br> An excellent study. The author clearly has great gifts as a teacher and is thoroughly in command of the material. I have read it with great interest and enjoyment.... <br>-John McGuckin, Union Theological Seminary, New York <br> A fantastic book. Among its many pluses are: its sheer comprehensiveness, its clarity of expression and compelling logic, the wit and variety of its exercises, the invaluable source material, the fun illustrations. <br>-Reverend David Barlow, Cheltenham Ladies' College <br> The Question of God involves a critical description of, and engagement with, the six most important arguments for God within the Western theological and philosophical tradition...it is ideal for upper level undegraduates, or beginning seminary students who would like to acquaint themselves with its general contours. Toronto Journal of Theology. <br>

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Michael Palmer is a widely read author whose Moral Problems (Lutterworth Press, 1991) is a core text in schools and colleges. He has taught at Marlborough College and Bristol University and was Head of the Religion and Philosophy Department at Manchester Grammar School. He was formerly a Teaching Fellow at McMaster University and Humboldt Fellow at Marburg University.

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