This book expands the current axiology of theism literature by assessing the axiological status of alternative conceptions of God and the divine. It reflects a wider trend in analytic philosophy of religion to broaden its scope beyond the Judeo-Christian tradition.
Kirk Lougheed is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Faith and Human Flourishing at LCC International University. He is also a Research Associate at the University of Pretoria. He has published over 30 articles or book chapters. His third monograph is Ubuntu and Western Monotheism: An Axiological Investigation (Routledge 2022).
Introduction: Expanding the Contrast Class in the Axiology of Theism Kirk Lougheed
1. Axiological Pantheism Andrei A. Buckareff
2. Picking Wholes: The Axiology of Pantheism Asha Lancaster-Thomas
3. Some Deities are Better than Others Eric Steinhart
4. The Axiology of Panentheism R.T. Mullins
5. Hassidic Idealism and the Meaning of Life Samuel Lebens
6. What Does God Add to an Idealist World? Helen Yetter-Chappell
7. Axiarchism: How to Narrow the Gap Between Pro-Theism and Anti-Theism Perry Hendricks
8. What Eye Hath Not Seen, Nor Ear Heard: Critical Religious Axiology and the Forgotten Future J.L. Schellenberg