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Michael Murray, PhD

Arthur and Katherine Shadek Professor in the Humanities and Philosophy, Franklin and Marshall College

Michael Murray is the Arthur and Katherine Shadek Professor in the Humanities and Philosophy at Franklin and Marshall College (Lancaster, PA). He received his BA from Franklin and Marshall and his MA and Ph.D from the University of Notre Dame. His research focuses on two primary areas. The first is seventeenth century history of philosophy and theology, with a particular focus on the work of Gottfried Leibniz. The second is contemporary philosophy of religion. His most recent work focuses on the problem of evil and animal suffering, and cognitive and evolutionary accounts of the origin and persistence of religious belief and practice.

Specialties

Evolution, Evolutionary Accounts of Religion, Psychology of Religion, Evil, Animal Rights, Hiddenness of God

Available Lectures by Michael Murray

• Is Belief in God Hard-Wired in the Brain?
  Format:CD
  
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Books by Michael Murray

• Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion
  
  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008
  ISBN #0521619556
  
  
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