Philosophy of Religion at the I.E.P.

I serve as the Philosophy of Religion area editor for the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. The IEP was founded in 1995 for the purpose of providing detailed, scholarly information on key topics and philosophers in all areas of philosophy. The IEP is free of charge and available to all internet users world wide.

As area editor, I am responsible for soliciting and supervising the review of articles in the philosophy of religion. Below is a list of articles in the philosophy of religion that I am currently seeking. If you wish to be considered for one of these articles, please email me

Most Desired Articles

  • Adams, Marylin (philosophy of religion)
  • Adams, Robert (philosophy of religion)
  • Alston, William (philosophy of religion)
  • divine creation and sustaining
  • divine aseity
  • divine providence
  • hard facts/soft facts
  • heaven
  • Plantinga, Alvin (philosophy of religion)
  • purgatory and character formation
  • Rowe, William (philosophy of religion)
  • Swinburne, Richard (philosophy of religion)
  • theism and platonism

Articles in Progress

  • atonement, the
  • cosmological arguments
  • deism
  • divine command ethics
  • divine hiddenness
  • divine immutability
  • divine simplicity
  • evolutionary argument against naturalism, the
  • feminist approaches to philosophy of religion
  • Hick, John (philosophy of religion)
  • incarnation, the
  • inclusivism vs. exclusivism
  • methological issues in philosophical theology
  • natural theology
  • "New Atheism", the
  • omnipotence
  • petitionary prayer
  • pluralism vs. particularism
  • predestination
  • Rorty, Richard (philosophy of religion)
  • skeptical theism
  • soul
  • van Inwagen, Peter (philosophy of religion)