Philosophy of Religion Mind Mapping Project


Religion


Attachments:
Defining Religion
Web resources for the study of religion
What is Religion (Wikipedia article)
Ask a philosopher questions about religion
Philosophers talk about 'The God Problem'.
Religious Diversity Map
To Navigation Map
Nature of Religion Discussion Forum

1: What is it?

Attachments:
Defining Religion (pdf file)

1.1: Metaphysical claims

1.1.1: Origin of World

Attachments:
Beliefs about origins

1.1.2: Existence of God (or gods)

Attachments:
Philosophy talk on the existence of God

1.1.3: The nature of the self

Attachments:
To Nature of Persons Map

1.2: Moral dimension

1.2.1: Diagnosis and cure for human condition (Salvation/Liberation/Enlightenment)

Attachments:
Comparative table of Diagnosis and cures across Religions (pdf file)

2: Types

Attachments:
To Religious Diversity Map

2.1: Monotheism

The range of monotheisms treated here is not exhaustive.

Attachments:
Stanford Encyclopedia article
Wikipedia article
A defence of theism
Religious statistics (pdf file)

Mental Connections:
     ---- pantheism

2.1.1: Abrahamic

Attachments:
Wikipeida article
Book: Abrahamic Monotheisms in Modern thought

2.1.1.1: Judaism

Attachments:
BBC Judaism site
Wikipedia article
Judaism sacred texts site
Glossary

2.1.1.2: Christianity

Attachments:
BBC Christianity site
Wikipedia article
Christian sacred texts site
Encyclopedia of Early Church History

2.1.1.3: Islam

Attachments:
BBC Islam site
Wikipedia article
Islam sacred texts site
Digital Islamic Library
Islamic Philosophy Online

2.1.2: Generic Philosophical Monotheism (an abstraction of common features)

Attachments:
Core characteristics of GPM (pdf file)
Philosophy of Religion blog

2.2: Non-Monotheism

The range of non-monotheisms treated here is not exhaustive.

2.2.1: pantheism

Attachments:
Michael Levine explains Pantheism

Mental Connections:
     ---- Monotheism

2.2.2: Vedic

Attachments:
wikipedia article

2.2.2.1: Hinduism

Some forms of Hinduism would be more accurately characterized as monotheistic.

Attachments:
BBC Hinduism site
Hinduism Sacred texts site
Multimedia Hinduism resources
Wikipedia article

2.2.2.2: Buddhism

Attachments:
BBC Buddhism site
wikipedia article
Buddhism scared texts site
Virtual library of Buddhist texts
To Early Buddhist Philosophy Map

2.2.2.3: Jainism

Attachments:
BBC Jainism article
Wikipedia article
Jainism sacred texts site

3: Atheism

Attachments:
Web resources on Atheism
A defence of secular humanism
A discussion of atheism
Bertrand Russell defends atheism
Non-Belief as Support for Atheism
To Problem of Evil Map



Summary of Mental Connections in map:

Monotheism ->     -> pantheism


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