Publisher's Synopsis
It is well known that religion has something to do with faith and belief and is understood in contrast with scientific knowledge or epistemology. From the very beginning it should be made clear that philosophy of religion is a second order activity . Its purpose is to analyse concepts such as God, faith, belief etc . The scope of philosophy, is not, in my opinion, theology . . . It is not to be confounded with a philosophic religion or with a religious philosophy . It is, or rather should be, a purely philosophic affair using philosophic methods and aiming at philosophic targets . It must survey the entire field of religious thinking, outline its main characteristics, and inquire why and how it is related to other fields ".
