Philosophy of religion: Difference between revisions

'''Philosophy of religion''' is "the philosophical examination of the central themes and concepts involved in religious traditions".<ref name="SEP">{{Cite book |edition = Winter 2014 |title = Philosophy of Religion |url = http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2014/entries/philosophy-religion/ |date = 1 January 2014 |first = Charles |last = Taliaferro |editor-first = Edward N. |editor-last = Zalta |access-date = 5 October 2015 |archive-date = 2 July 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190702090734/https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2014/entries/philosophy-religion/ |url-status = live }}</ref> Philosophical discussions on such topics date from ancient times, and appear in the earliest known [[Text (literary theory)|text]]s concerning philosophy. The field is related to many other branches of philosophy, including [[metaphysics]], [[epistemology]], [[logic]] and [[ethics]].<ref name="auto">Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/philosophy-religion/#FieSig "Philosophy of Religion."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180611152004/http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/philosophy-religion/#FieSig |date=2018-06-11 }}</ref>

The philosophy of religion differs from [[religious philosophy]] in that it seeks to discuss questions regarding the nature of religion as a whole, rather than examining the problems brought forth by a particular [[belief system|belief-system]]. The philosophy of religion differs from [[theology]] in that it aims to examine religionreligious concepts from an objective philosophical perspective rather than from the perspective of a particularspecific religious tradition. It can be carried out dispassionately by those who identify as [[religious belief|believers]] or non-believers.<ref>