J. Kraft 
The Epistemology of Religious Disagreement 
A Better Understanding

Many assume falsely that religious disagreements engage rules of evidence presentation and belief justification radically different than the ordinary disagreements people have every day, whether those religious disagreements are in Sri Lanka between Hindus and Buddhists or in the Middle East among Jews, Christians, and Muslims.

Table of Content

Introduction PART I: THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF ORDINARY DISAGREEMENTS Justified True Belief? Varieties of Luck and Possible Worlds Skepticism between Beginner’s and Lottery Luck Ordinary Disagreements PART II: FROM ORDINARY TO RELIGIOUS DISAGREEMENTS Ordinary and Religious Disagreements Compared Exclusivism, Pluralism, Postmodernism, Contextualism, and Hermeneutics Non-Reductive Religious Disagreement Reduction Conclusion

About the author

James Kraft is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Huston-Tillotson University.