Joshua Hoffman, Gary S Rosenkrantz

Divine Attributes

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Produktbeschreibung

The Divine Attributes is an engaging analysis of the God of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam from the perspective of rational theology. This ambitious study rationally 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. It includes detailed discussions of the fundamental divine attributes, such as divine power, knowledge, and goodness. It also addresses whether God is to be understood as eternal, within or outside of time, existing necessarily or contingently, and whether God is to be understood as a physical or a spiritual substance. The authors conclude that, properly understood, the concept of God is coherent, although certain attributes that some traditional theologians ascribe to God should be rejected.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 501g
• ISBN-13: 9780631211532
• ISBN-10: 0631211535
• Artikelnr.: 22057536

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

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.

Rezensionen

"Intellectually rigorous, yet written with great clarity, this bookenables the reader to understand the attributes; omnipotence,omniscience, perfect goodness, eternality, etc. - that makeup the dominant idea of God in Western civilization. Highlyrecommended!" William L. Rowe, Purdue University

"This is a masterly exercise in rational theology by two leadingmetaphysicians. Their rigorous approach and skilful application ofrecent developments in analytical metaphysics make this book atonce authoritative, lucid, and compelling. As well as being anextremely valuable resource for students and teachers of philosophyand theology, it advances contemporary debate about the properunderstanding of God's nature in important and interesting newways." E. J. Lowe, University of Durham

"This book is excellent: thoughtful, rigorous, and systematic.In addition to being a penetrating and sophisticated work, it isalso highly readable." John Fischer, University of California atRiverside