In a recent survey , the results found that a lot of philosophy of religion is being done in seminaries. The takeaway? Seminaries inevitably ‘view’ philosophy of religion as apologetical in nature, which is not shocking. That’s not philosophy: that’s theology. Even philosophical theology is theology. Now, I’m not here to give my opinion on the discipline of theology. What I am saying is that philosophy has different goals. For instance, philosophy follows the argument/explanation/evidence wherever it leads. It does not start with a conclusion and work backwards to defend it at every turn. But that’s exactly what we see with many of these seminaries. They make professors sign a statement of faith (see link above). So, persons like William Lane Craig aren’t doing philosophy of religion (or philosophy at all for that matter). They’re doing apologetics and theology. (1)(2). Moving Forward But what are some others marks of the way phil...
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