The Divine Attributes

Joshua Hoffman, Gary S. Rosenkrantz (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

224 Seiten

2002
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
9780631211532 (ISBN)

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This is an analysis of the God of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam from the perspective of rational theology. It explores the nature of God, differentiates the idea of God from other historical ideas of the divine and identifies the core qualities of a maximally great, or perfect, being.

Joshua Hoffman is Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Gary S. Rosenkrantz is Professor of Philosophy and Head of Department at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. They are co-authors of Substance Among Other Categories (1994) and Substance: Its Nature and Existence (1997).

Series Editor's Preface. Acknowledgments.

Authors' Note.

Introduction to Rational Theology.

1. The Idea of God.

Historical Conceptions of the Divine.

God as a Maximally Great Being.

2. Substantiality.

Substance Among Other Categories.

Substance and Independence.

Spinoza's Divine Substance.

3. Incorporeality.

Spirituality and Omnipresence.

Are Souls Unintelligible?.

Is Body-Soul Interaction Unintelligible?.

Divine Simplicity.

4. Necessary Existence.

Necessity and Contingency.

Necessary Beings and Contingent Beings.

Modalities and Possible Worlds.

Necessary Beings versus Self-Existent Beings.

5. Eternality.

Temporal versus Atemporal Eternality.

A Defense of Temporal Eternality.

Incorruptibility versus Immutability.

6. Omniscience.

Omniscience as Maximal Knowledge.

The Analysis of Omniscience.

Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom.

7. Perfect Goodness, Perfect Virtue, and Moral Admirability.

God and the Nature of Morality.

Perfect Goodness and Consequences.

Perfect Virtue and Moral Rules.

Maximal Greatness and Moral Admirability.

8. Omnipotence.

Maximal Power and the Uniqueness of God.

What an Omnipotent Agent Can Do.

The Analysis of Omnipotence.

Divine Omnibenevolence, Omnipotence, and Freedom.

Concluding Remarks and Prolegomena to Future Rational Theology.

Glossary.

Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	3.5.2002
Reihe/Serie	Exploring the Philosophy of Religion
Verlagsort	Hoboken
Sprache	englisch
Maße	158 x 235 mm
Gewicht	449 g
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
ISBN-13	9780631211532 / 9780631211532
Zustand	Neuware