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Philosophy of Religion Videos

Videos and video links to contemporary philosophers of religion speaking on various topics in philosophy of religion, including arguments for the existence of God, the concept of God, religious experience, religious diversity, the problem of evil, atheism, and religion and science. Theistic philosophers include Richard Swinburne, Alvin Plantinga, Keith Ward, Peter van Inwagen, and William Craig. Atheists include Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Quentin Smith, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, and Peter Atkins.

Richard Swinburne Answers Atheist Objections to Theism

Richard Swinburne on Arguments for God’s Existence

Richard Swinburne: Topics in Philosophical Theology

 

Alvin Plantinga: the Evolutionary Argument against Naturalism

Alvin Plantinga: Topics in Philosophy of Religion

 

 

Keith Ward on Religious Diversity

Keith Ward: Topics in Philosophy of Religion

 

 

Keith Ward: Is God Perfect? Part 1 of 2

Keith Ward: Is God Perfect? Part 2 of 2

Philosophers of Religion: Topics in Philosophy of Religion

The Concept of God

Does God have a Nature (Alvin Plantinga)

Did God Create from Nothing? Part I (William Craig)

Did God Create from Nothing? Part II (William Craig)

Did God Create from Nothing? Part III (William Craig)

What Does It Mean to Say “God is Creator?” (William Dembksi)

God’s Immateriality and Divine Action (Alvin Plantinga)

How Does God Interact with the World (William Dembski)

Divine Immutability (William Lane Craig)

Is God Temporal or Timeless? Part I (William Craig)

Is God Temporal or Timeless? Part II (William Craig)

Did God Create Time? (William Lane Craig)

What Does “Omniscience” Mean? (William Craig)

How Could God Know the Future? Part I (William Craig)

How Could God Know the Future? Part II (Wiliam Craig)

Divine Omnipotence: How Free is God? (William Craig)

Arguments for God’s Existence

Arguing God from First Cause, Part II (Closer to Truth, Alister McGrath)

Arguing God from First Cause, Part III (Closer to Truth, Peter van Inwagen)

Can the Existence of God be Demontrated? (William Craig)

Cosmology and Fine-Tuning: Three Approaches (Robin Collins) – 1 Hour Talk

The Knowledge of God

Divine Mystery and Our Knowledge of God, Part I (Nicholas Wolterstorff Speaks for William Alston)

Divine Mystery and Our Knowledge of God, Part II (Nicholas Wolterstorff Speaks for William Alston) 

Divine Mystery and Our Knowledge of God, Part III (Nicholas Wolterstorff Speaks for William Alston) 

Religious Experience

Can We Know God through Experience? (Adams, Alston, Wainwright, Craig, and Others)

Can We Trust Religious Experience? (William Craig)

The Psychology of Religious Experience (Houston Smith)

The Problem of Evil


Does Evil Disprove God? Part II (Peter Van Inwagen)

Arguments for Atheism: the Problem of Evil (Richard Swinburne)

Is Evil Necessary in God’s World (Richard Swinburne)

Faith and the Problem of Evil, (Eleonore Stump)

Does Evil Disprove God? (Alvin Plantinga)

The Existence of Evil and the Problem of God (Alvin Plantinga and Richard Gale) [90 Minute Lecture]

Religious Diversity

Religious Views of Religious Pluralism: Abrahamic Traditions (Diana Eck)

Religious Views of Religious Pluralism: Eastern Traditions (Diana Eck)

The Pluralism Within (Diana Eck)

Is One True Religion Possible? (William Craig)

Creation and Evolution

Creation vs. Evolution (Alvin Plantinga)

Atheists on Religion

Richard Dawkins, the Root of All Evil, Part I

Richard Dawkins, the Root of All Evil, Part II

Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss: Origins

Debates Between Theists and Atheists

John Lennox vs. Richard Dawkins: Has Science Buried God?

John Lennox vs. Christopher Hitchens: Does God Exist?

William Craig vs. Christopher Hitchens: Does God Exist?

William Craig: Common Atheist Error

William Crag vs. Peter Akins

William Craig vs. Peter Atkins (Highlights)

William Craig vs. Sam Harris: the God Debate II

Alvin Plantinga & William Craig vs. Richard Gale & Quentin Smith: Science and Religion