Books by Richard (Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion Swinburne

This is an account of how moral concepts such as forgiveness, praise, guilt and punishment apply to human interaction and behaviour. The author attempts to reach conclusions about which versions of traditional Christian doctrines utilizing such notions are morally acceptable.

'Providence and the Problem of Evil' is the final instalment of Richard Swinburne's four-volume philosophical examination of Christian doctrine. In it, he offers an answer to one of the most difficult problems of religious belief: why does a loving God allow humans to suffer so much?

What is it for there to be a God, and what reason is there for supposing Him to conform to the claims of Christian doctrine? Working within a rigorous framework of modern analytic philosophy, Richard Swinburne spells out the simplest possible account of the divine nature, and goes on to assess the specifically Christian doctrines of the Trinity and of the Incarnation.

Examines this question of epistemology: what makes a belief a rational one, or one which the believer is justified in holding? This book maps epistemic justification, and distinguishes the kinds of justification that they identify. It also shows how probability theory can illuminate the role of empirical evidence in the justification of belief.