Perfect Being Theology

Author : Katherin A Rogers
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781474472159

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Perfect Being Theology by Katherin A Rogers Pdf

That being than which a greater cannot be conceived.' This was the way in which the living God of biblical tradition was described by the great Medieval philosophers such as Augustine, Anselm and Aquinas.Contemporary philosophers find much to question, criticise and reject in the traditional analysis of that description. Some hold that the attributes traditionally ascribed to God - simplicity, necessity, immutability, eternity, omniscience, omnipotence, creativity and goodness - are inherently incoherent individually, or mutually inconsistent. Others argue that the divinity described by philosophers cannot be the same as the providential God of revelation.In Perfect Being Theology Katherin A. Rogers defends the traditional approach, considering contemporary criticisms but concluding that the most adequate account of the nature of God should build upon the foundation laid by the Medieval philosophers.Written in a lively and accessible style and offering an important historical perspective, this book covers key areas of contention and many of the major ideas and thinkers from all sides of the debate are included.

Author : Yoram Hazony,Dru Johnson
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004387980

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The Question of God's Perfection by Yoram Hazony,Dru Johnson Pdf

The Question of God’s Perfection brings together leading scholars from the Jewish and Christian traditions to critically examine the theology of perfect being in light of the Hebrew Bible and classical rabbinic sources.

Author : Hugh J. McCann
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780190611200

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Free Will and Classical Theism by Hugh J. McCann Pdf

The articles in the present collection deal with the religious dimension of the problem of free will. All of the papers also have implications for broader philosophical and theological issues, and will thus be of interest to a wide variety of scholars, both religious and secular. Together they provide a historical and contemporary overview of problems in the theology of freedom, together with recent work by some important philosophers in the field aimed at resolving those problems. The chapters are divided into four sections. The first addresses central issues about the nature of free will and how free will relates to theological topics such as theological fatalism and the problem of evil. The second section focuses on historical debates about free will and theism, but with an eye toward how those historical discussions can be brought into discussion with contemporary debates. The third section aims to address and understand divine freedom, while the final section explores implications of the doctrine of divine omnicausality.

Author : Scott MacDonald
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781501728372

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Being and Goodness by Scott MacDonald Pdf

The intuition that there is a necessary connection between being and goodness has guided a philosophical tradition that includes Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Boethius, and Aquinas; but surprisingly, the details of this legacy remain relatively unknown. In exploring this tradition of philosophical reflection on the nature of goodness, the twelve essays in this book (all but two published here for the first time) present some of the best recent historical scholarship in medieval philosophy and make available to nonspecialists an array of sophisticated treatments of issues that remain central to metaphysics and philosophical theology. The contributors, leading philosophers and scholars of medieval philosophy, represent a variety of points of view and take diverse methodological approaches. They address the works of figures from Augustine and Boethius to Suarez, Descartes, and Leibniz, but focus particularly on thirteenth-century thinkers, especially Aquinas.

Author : Katherin A. Rogers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015053046382

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Perfect Being Theology by Katherin A. Rogers Pdf

That being than which a greater cannot be conceived.' This was the way in which the living God of biblical tradition was described by the great Medieval philosophers such as Augustine, Anselm and Aquinas.Contemporary philosophers find much to question, criticise and reject in the traditional analysis of that description. Some hold that the attributes traditionally ascribed to God - simplicity, necessity, immutability, eternity, omniscience, omnipotence, creativity and goodness - are inherently incoherent individually, or mutually inconsistent. Others argue that the divinity described by philosophers cannot be the same as the providential God of revelation.In Perfect Being Theology Katherin A. Rogers defends the traditional approach, considering contemporary criticisms but concluding that the most adequate account of the nature of God should build upon the foundation laid by the Medieval philosophers.Written in a lively and accessible style and offering an important historical perspective, this bo

Author : Yujin Nagasawa
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198758686

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Maximal God by Yujin Nagasawa Pdf

Yujin Nagasawa presents a new, stronger version of perfect being theism, the conception of God as the greatest possible being. Although perfect being theism is the most common form of monotheism in the Judeo-Christian-Islamic tradition its truth has been disputed by philosophers and theologians for centuries. Nagasawa proposes a new, game-changing defence of perfect being theism by developing what he calls the 'maximal concept of God'. Perfect being theists typically maintain that God is an omniscient, omnipotent, and omnibenevolent being; according to Nagasawa, God should be understood rather as a being that has the maximal consistent set of knowledge, power, and benevolence. Nagasawa argues that once we accept the maximal concept we can establish perfect being theism on two grounds. First, we can refute nearly all existing arguments against perfect being theism simultaneously. Second, we can construct a novel, strengthened version of the modal ontological argument for perfect being theism. Nagasawa concludes that the maximal concept grants us a unified defence of perfect being theism that is highly effective and economical.

Author : Thomas V. Morris
Publisher : Regent College Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1573831018

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Our Idea of God by Thomas V. Morris Pdf

Author : J. Martin Bac
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 579 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004193444

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Perfect Will Theology by J. Martin Bac Pdf

This book revisits the four major early-modern debates concerning the will of God. It appears that Reformed scholasticism advocated a particular and consistent relationship between divine knowledge, will, and power, which was altered by Jesuits, Remonstrants, Descartes, and Spinoza.

Author : C. Stephen Layman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2006-10-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198042105

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Letters to Doubting Thomas by C. Stephen Layman Pdf

When people encounter an argument for or against God's existence, it often raises more questions than it answers. In Letters to Doubting Thomas, C. Stephen Layman offers a fresh, insightful approach to the issue of God's existence--a way to organize what can seem like a blizzard of claims and concepts--bringing clarity to a debate often mired in confusion. Layman explores the evidence for the existence of God in a series of fictionalized letters between two characters--Zachary, a philosopher, and Thomas, an old college friend who appeals to Zach for help in sorting out his thoughts about God. As their correspondence grows, Zachary leads Thomas through an informal and highly readable comparison of Naturalism (the belief that there is no God and that ultimate reality is physical reality), and Theism (the idea that there is an almighty, perfectly good God). In engaging letters that break down complex philosophical arguments into easily digestible bits, the two friends delve into such weighty topics as the reliability of religious experience, various arguments for God's existence (such as the cosmological, design, and moral arguments), the question of free will, and the problem of evil. A piece at a time, they build an argument that shows that Theism, on balance, provides a better explanation of the world and human life than does Naturalism. Here then is a highly accessible account of the major arguments for and against the existence of God, capturing some of the best new insights of modern philosophy in a marvelously clear and engaging format.

Author : Michael C. Rea
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780192636645

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Essays in Analytic Theology by Michael C. Rea Pdf

This book is the first of two volumes collecting together Michael C. Rea's most substantial work in analytic theology. This volume considers the nature of God and our ability to talk and discover truths about God, whereas the companion volume focuses on theological questions about humanity and the human condition. The chapters in the first part of Volume I explore issues pertaining to discourse about God and the authority of scripture. Part two focuses on divine attributes, while part three discusses doctrine of the trinity and related issues.

Author : Frederick Robert Tennant
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1928
Category : Philosophical theology
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Philosophical Theology by Frederick Robert Tennant Pdf

Author : David Fergusson,Mark W. Elliott
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780191077210

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The History of Scottish Theology, Volume I by David Fergusson,Mark W. Elliott Pdf

This three-volume work comprises over eighty essays surveying the history of Scottish theology from the early middle ages onwards. Written by an international team of scholars, the collection provides the most comprehensive review yet of the theological movements, figures, and themes that have shaped Scottish culture and exercised a significant influence in other parts of the world. Attention is given to different traditions and to the dispersion of Scottish theology through exile, migration, and missionary activity. The volumes present in diachronic perspective the theologies that have flourished in Scotland from early monasticism until the end of the twentieth century. The History of Scottish Theology, Volume I covers the period from the appearance of Christianity around the time of Columba to the era of Reformed Orthodoxy in the seventeenth century. Volume II begins with the early Enlightenment and concludes in late Victorian Scotland. Volume III explores the 'long twentieth century'. Recurrent themes and challenges are assessed, but also new currents and theological movements that arose through Renaissance humanism, Reformation teaching, federal theology, the Scottish Enlightenment, evangelicalism, missionary, Biblical criticism, idealist philosophy, dialectical theology, and existentialism. Chapters also consider the Scots Catholic colleges in Europe, Gaelic women writers, philosophical scepticism, the dialogue with science, and the reception of theology in liturgy, hymnody, art, literature, architecture, and stained glass. Contributors also discuss the treatment of theological themes in Scottish literature.

Author : Kent L. Yinger
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532618260

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God and Human Wholeness by Kent L. Yinger Pdf

The language of perfection crops up regularly in the Bible, from Noah (“a just man and perfect in his generations,” KJV) to Jesus (“be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly father is perfect,” NRSV). Is flawless behavior what God expects, the only standard of righteousness that can satisfy him? Jewish tradition has long questioned this Christian assumption. Since Sanders and the New Perspective on Paul, it has come under increasing challenge from many directions. In Reclaiming Human Wholeness, Kent Yinger provides an in-depth examination of what the Bible intends with this perfection-wholeness language and of its impact on theology and spiritual life. Rather than calling to an unreachable perfection, the God of the Bible desires our flourishing and wholeness.

Author : Joshua M. McNall
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830855216

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Perhaps by Joshua M. McNall Pdf

The Christian life requires faith. That means that believers are sometimes faced with uncertainty. But is all uncertainty bad? Theologian Joshua McNall encourages readers to reclaim the little word "perhaps" as a sacred space between the warring extremes of unchecked doubt and zealous dogmatism. To say "perhaps" on certain contested topics means exercising a hopeful imagination, asking hard questions, returning once again to Scripture, and reclaiming the place of holy speculation as we cling to a faith that stands distinct from both pervasive skepticism and abrasive certainty. In this day especially, it's time Christians learned to say "perhaps."

Author : Barry Miller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105018378252

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A Most Unlikely God by Barry Miller Pdf

The sequel to From Existence to God, this text offers a portrait of God that contrasts sharply with that provided by perfect-being theology. It exposes the absurdity of this view and shows how radically God differs from even the most exalted of his creatures.