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References and further reading
Useful general resources for philosophy: Oxford Bibliographies Online (http://oxfordbibliographiesonline.com/), the Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy (http://plato.stanford.edu/), the Routledge Encyclopaedia of Philosophy (http://www.rep.routledge.com/) and the Philosopher’s Index (http://philindex.org/).
Essential reading on arguments about the existence of God: Richard Swinburne (1979) The Existence of God Oxford: Clarendon
John Mackie (1982) The Miracle of Theism Oxford: Clarendon; and
Jordan Howard Sobel (2004) Logic and Theism Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Recommended collections: William Lane Craig
and J. P. Moreland (eds) (2009) The Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology Malden: Wiley-Blackwell
and William Wainwright (ed.) (2009) Philosophy of Religion, Volume 2 London: Routledge.
For a very different opinion about the merits of theistic arguments: Alvin Plantinga (2007) ‘Two Dozen (or so) Theistic Arguments’ in D. Baker (ed.) Alvin Plantinga Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 203–27.
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Oppy, G. (2013). Introduction. In: The Best Argument against God. Palgrave Pivot, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137354143_1
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