Lexington Books
Pages: 286
Trim: 6¼ x 9½
978-1-4985-2606-7 • Hardback • November 2017 • $116.00 • (£89.00)
978-1-4985-2607-4 • eBook • November 2017 • $110.00 • (£85.00)
William Hunt is visiting research fellow at Heythrop College.
Introduction
PART I: Divine Chance: God and Probability Theory
Chapter 1: Who’s God? Divine Quintessence
Chapter 2: A Sporting Chance: Probability
PART II: Under Starter’s Orders: Evidence for God
Chapter 3: They’re Off: Evidence from Divine Creation
Chapter 4: The bookie’s Favourite: The Problem of Evil
Chapter 5: A Short Head: Evidence from the Divine/Human Relationship
PART III: The Winning Post: The Chances of Human Resurrection
Chapter 6: A Dark Horse: Person-identity
Chapter 7: The Field: The Possibility of Resurrection
Chapter 8: Home Straight: The Probability of Resurrection
Stewards’ Enquiry: Conclusion
Appendix 1: The Auxiliary Assumption Requirement
Appendix 2: Overdetermination of Evidence
. . . . [this] book is valuable for the challenge it offers the scholar. What should theology look like? What are appropriate theological questions? What should be the relationship between theology and other disciplines? In this book the scholar is forced to confront these, and other, worthwhile quandaries.
— Reading Religion