In recent decades, historians of religions have turned to, and developed, entirely new methodologies for the study of religion and human consciousness. Foremost among these are a collection of approaches often termed the “cognitive science of religion” (CSR), typically drawing on cognitive science, neuroscience, linguistics, and contemporary metaphor theory. Although we are still “early” in thi...

This essay seeks to summarize and compare the theological ideas of Jonathan Edwards, a western philosopher, with those of Feyz Kashani, an eastern philosopher. The reason for this study is the numerous conjunctions that are seen in their ideas. These include the harmony of heart and reason in respect to belief, the priority of the heart in the reflection of truth, the belief in centrality of th...

the contemporary philosopher of religion, william leonard rowe (1931-   ), with emphasis on gratuitous evil, has tried to show a new version of an evidential argument from evil against god. in this article we, first, try to show a detailed description and documentation of rowe’s views and, then, have some critical remarks on it. in describing his views, we try to reveal properly the evolution o...

the problem of evil is one of the important problems considered in the philosophy of religion. this paper considers the problem of evil from the viewpoint of the contemporary philosopher, john hick, and explores his arguments for proving the compatibility between the evil in the world and the existence of an omnipotent and omniscient god. by analyzing hick’s viewpoint about the relationship bet...

religion has always had a significant role in indian thoughts and unlike the west, the separation of religion and science has never happened in india. even today, the role of religion is evident in diverse aspects of indian life, and religious links and tendencies are represented in the works of contemporary thinkers. but among all contemporary scholars vivekananda has been a pioneer in this re...