The Philosophy of Religion of Alexander Campbell

Contents

Contents Preface ix 1. Campbell the Philosopher and His Philosophical Influences 1 1.1. The Life and Career of the “Sage of Bethany” 2 1.2. Overlooking Campbell 7 1.3. Campbell as a Philosopher 11 1.4. Campbell’s Primary Philosophical Influences 13 1.5. The Nature and Outline of This Book 19 1.6. Why This Project Matters 22 2. The Revealed-Idea Argument for the Existence of God 25 2.1. Was Campbell Opposed to Natural Theology? 26 2.2. Why Campbell Rejected Locke’s Cosmological Argument 30 2.3. Campbell’s Revealed-Idea Argument for the Existence of God 37 2.4. Objections and Replies 50 2.5. Conclusion 58 3.  From Theism to Christian Theism: On the Arguments from, for, and against Miracles 59 3.1. Campbell’s Argument from Miracles for Christianity 60 3.2.  Campbell’s Criteriological Argument for the Miracle of Resurrection 66 3.3. Hume’s “Of Miracles” 72 3.4. Campbell on Hume’s Argument against Belief in Miracles 77 3.5. Conclusion 87 4. On the Problem of Evil and the Problem of Divine Hiddenness 89 4.1. The Logical Problem of Evil and Campbell’s Free Will Defense 90 4.2.  The Evidential Argument from Evil and Campbell’s Skeptical Theist Response 99 4.3. Campbell on the Problem of Divine Hiddenness 106 4.4. Conclusion 116 5. On Revelation, Divine Commands, and Morality 119 5.1. Campbell’s Moral Epistemology 120 5.2. The Problem of Biblical Silence and the Law of Expediency 128 5.3. Campbell and Divine Command Theory 133 5.4. The Euthyphro Dilemma 139 5.5. Conclusion 147 Epilogue 149 Notes 155 Bibliography 185 Index 203 ...