TY - JOUR AU - Chappell, Timothy PY - 2011/03/21 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Theism in Historical Perspective JF - European Journal for Philosophy of Religion JA - EJPR VL - 3 IS - 1 SE - Research Articles DO - 10.24204/ejpr.v3i1.384 UR - https://philosophy-of-religion.eu/index.php/ejpr/article/view/384 SP - 123-138 AB - <span>I will discuss some familiar problems in the philosophy of religion which arise for theistic belief. I will argue that it may be most worthwhile to focus on a particular sort of theistic belief, capital-T Theism, central to which is a particular conception both of God and of the believer’s relation to God. At the heart of Theism in this sense is the continuing experience of God, both individual and collective. Compared with the evidence for theistic belief that is provided by this experiential contact with God, most of the usually-considered arguments for and against God’s existence are secondary. </span> ER -