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The work addresses natural religion and natural belief through arguments on order and design, the problem of evil, necessity, and skepticism. It then examines revealed, historical, and personal religion, focusing on miracles and revelation, the revelation of immortality, and the causes and corruptions of religion.","HUME’S  \n# LIBRARY OF PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION\n\nGeneral Editor:John Hick,Danforth ProfessorClaremont Graduate School,Claremont,California 91711  \nThis series of books explores contemporary religiousunderstandings of humanity and the universe.The bookscontribute to various aspects of the continuing dialogues betweenreligion and philosophy,between scepticism and faith,andbetween the different religions and ideologies.The authorsrepresent a correspondingly wide range of viewpoints.Some of thebooks in the series are written for the general educated publicand others for a more specialised philosophical or theologicalreadership.  \nZEN AND WESTERN THOUGHT Masao Abe  \nTHE RELEVANCE OF NATURALSCIENCE TO THEOLOGYWilliam H.Austin  \nCHRISTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT LIFE AND DEATH Paul BadhamIMMORTALITY OR EXTINCTION?Paul and Linda BadhamINCARNATION IN HINDUISM AND CHRISTIANITYDaniel E.Bassuk  \nTHE FRAGILE UNIVERSE Patrick Burke  \nGANDHI'S RELIGIOUS THOUGHT Margaret ChatterjeeTHE KALÁM COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT  \nTHE COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT FROM PLATO TOLEIBNIZ  \nWilliam Lane Craig  \nLOGIC AND THE NATURE OF GOD Stephen T.DavisTHE PROBLEM OF THE SELF IN BUDDHISM ANDCHRISTIANITY Lynn A.de Silva  \nAN INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHIST PSYCHOLOGYPadmasiri de Silva  \nTHE AVAILABILITY OF RELIGIOUS IDEASPamchandra Gandhi  \nHUME'S PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION J.C.A.Gaskin  \nTHE CONCEPTOF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD Brian HaymesTHREE FAITHS-ONE GOD John Hick &Edmund S.Meltzer(editors)  \nGOD BEYOND KNOWLEDGE H.A.HodgesTHE COGNITIVITY OF RELIGION J.Kellenberger  \nTHE POSSIBILITY OF AN ALL-KNOWING GODTHE POSSIBILITY OF AN ALL-KNOWING GODJonathan L.Kvanvig  \nPERSONS AND LIFE AFTER DEATH Hywell D.LewisTHE FACE OF TRUTH Julius J.Lipner  \nVEDANTIC APPROACHES TO GOD Eric Lott  \nREINCARNATION AS A CHRISTIAN HOPE Geddes MacGregorAN INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OFBERNARD LONERCAN Hugo A.Meynell  \nTHE PSYCHOLOGICAL BASIS OF MORALITY F.C.T.MooreTHE USE AND ABUSE OF THE BIBLE Dennis NinehamRELIGION AND ULTIMATE WELL-BEING Martin ProzeskyBELIEF,CHANGE AND FORMS OF LIFE D.Z.PhillipsHEGEL'S PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGIONKANT AS PHILOSOPHICAL THEOLOGIANBernard M.G.Reardon  \nREASON,RELATIVISM AND GOD Joseph RunzoEXPERIENCE,INFERENCE AND GOD John J.ShepherdRELIGION,TRUTH AND LANGUAGE GAMESSPIRIT,SAINTS AND IMMORTALITY Patrick SherryCONCEPT AND EMPATHY  \nRELIGION AND THE WESTERN MIND Ninian SmartTOWARDS A WORLD THEOLOGY Wilfred Cantwell SmithRELIGION AND RATIONAL CHOICE Shivesh Chandra ThakurFREEDOM,RESPONSIBILITY AND GOD Robert Young  \n# Further titles in preparation\n\nSeries Standing Order  \nIf you would like to receive future titles in this series as theyare published,you can make use of our standing orderfacility.To place a standing order please contact yourbookseller or,in case of difficulty,write to us at the addressbelow with your name and address and the name of theseries.Please state with which title you wish to begin yourstanding order.(If you live outside the UK we may not havethe rights for your area,in which case we will forward yourorder to the publisher concerned.)  \nStanding Order Service,Macmillan Distribution Ltd,Houndmills,Basingstoke,Hampshire,RG212XS,England  \n# Hume's Philosophyof Religion\n\nJ.C.A.GaskinFellow of Trinity CollegeDublin  \nSecond Edition  \n◎J.C.A.Gaskin 1978,1988  \nAll rights reserved.No reproduction,copy or transmissionof this publication may be made without written permission.  \nNo paragraph of this publication may be reproduced,copied or transmitted savewith written permission or in accordance withthe provisions of the Copyright,Designs and Patents Act 1988,or under the terms of anylicence permitting limited copyingissued by the Copyright Licensing Agency,90 Tottenham CourtRoad,London WiP 9HE.  \nAny person who does any unauthorised act in relation tothis publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civilclaims for damages.  \nFirst published 1978 byTHE MACMILLAN PRESS LTDHoundmills,Basingstoke,Hampshire RG212XSand London  \nCompanies and representativesthroughout the wo","cbCailXUSdbIpXDU","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailXUSdbIpXDU","pdf",27121029,6,1,259,"English","en",105,"# Preface\n# List of Abbreviations\n# Introduction: Hume on Religion\n## Publications and Controversy\n## The Object of the Revised Exercise\n# Part One: Natural Religion and Natural Belief\n## Order and Design\n## Evil, Freedom and the Religious Hypothesis\n## Being and Necessity\n## Meaning, School Metaphysics and Divinity\n## Scepticism and Natural Belief\n## God and Natural Order\n# Part Two: Revealed, Historical and Personal Religion\n## Miracles and Revelation\n## The Revelation of Immortality\n## The Causes and Corruptions of Religion","[{\"question\":\"What topics are covered in the section on natural religion and natural 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