Criticism of religion developed from the 17th century onwards. For example, in Asia, no one before the 19th century self-identified as a "Hindu" or other similar identities. With the existence of diverse modern categories of religion such as monotheism, polytheism, pantheism, nontheism and diverse specific religions such as Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Taoism, Buddhism and many others, it is not always clear to whom the criticisms are aimed at or to what extent they are applicable to other religions. Some criticisms of monotheistic religions have been: Dennett and Harris have asserted that theist religions and their scriptures are not divinely inspired, but man made
The British Society for the Philosophy of Religion The BSPR is also affiliated to the European Society for Philosophy of Religion which holds a biennial conference in years alternating with the BSPR’s conference. Mark Wynn Sarah Coakley Stephen R. L. Clark Robin Le Poidevin John Cottingham Brian Leftow Paul Helm John Hick† Basil Mitchell† Peter Byrne Richard Swinburne Roger Trigg The British Society for the Philosophy of Religion The British Society for the Philosophy of Religion (registered charity 1027548) was founded in 1993 and is the United Kingdom's main forum for the interchange of ideas in the philosophy of religion. The current president is Yujin Nagasawa of the