Popularity Winners in Philosophy of Religion

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Each semester I take a vote the last day of class on the most popular and least popular readings for the class. This semester I taught philosophy of religion, using primarily pieces from the Blackwell Guide. I won't report on the least popular reading for obvious reasons, but thought there might be some interest in the most popular ones.

The winners are: Hugh McCann's piece on Creation and Conservation, and Linda Zagzebski's piece on Freedom and Foreknowledge. Nice work, Hugh and Linda!

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I'm curious how the course worked out using that as the primary text, since it's intended more as a reference work. I have to admit to using pieces from it myself. I know I've used the chapter on moral arguments for the existence of God (by C. Stephen Evans, I believe) and Plantinga's chapter on belief in God as properly basic, both of which were the clearest statements of either issue that I could find.

Jeremy, some of the pieces are superb for teaching because they lay out the conceptual landscape superbly. But it was only one of the sources I used for the course, and many of the pieces I had them read I've decided was a mistake. But I'd rather not say publicly which ones!

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