Philosophy of Religion vs. Theology

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…