William L. Rowe is Professor of Philosophy at Purdue University. He is the author of "The Cosmological Argument" (1998), "Philosophy of Religion: An Introduction" (third edition, 2001), and co-editor of "Philosophy of Religion: Selected Readings" (third edition, 1999). He has served on the Board of Officers of the American Philosophical Association and was elected President of the Central Division of the American Philosophical Association for 1986-87.