The first issue of the International Journal for the Philosophy of Religion appeared in the Spring, 1970. This collection of essays is presented in cele bration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the journal. Contributors to the volume are to be counted among today's leading philosophers of religion. They represent different approaches to the philosophical consideration of religion and their published work is helping shape discussions of the philos ophy of religion as we approach the beginning of the twenty-first century. Considered by some to be terminal at mid-century, the philosophy of reli gion has undergone a renaissance during the second half of the century. And the journal may be said to provide some of the explanation for this develop ment. A special debt of gratitude is owed to Edgar Henderson, Robert Leet Patterson and Henry Sprinkle, founders of the journal. Without their vision and determination it would not have come into existence.

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1. God, reason and religions: An introduction.- 2. Religion within the bounds of naturalism: Dewey and Wieman.- 3. Realism and the Christian faith.- 4. Two process views of God.- 5. Theodicy, our well-being, and God's rights.- 6. Can religion be understood philosophically?.- 7. Philosophy and religion: One central reflection.- 8. Philosophy and religion: Attention to language and the role of reason.- 9. Postmodernism and religious reflection.- 10. Towards thinner theologies: Hick and Alston on religious diversity.- 11. Religions, philosophies, and philosophy of religion.- Cumulative index of all the published articles and reviews, published in International Journal for Philosophy of Religion during the period 19701995, compiled by Nayna Jivan and Eugene Thomas Long, with the assistance of Pataki Antal.