David A. Pailin

God and the Processes of Reality

Foundations of a Credible Theism

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Can belief in God be rational? David A. Pailin identifies the reasons behind this questioning of theistic faith in his book God and the Processes of Reality (originally published in 1989) and demonstrates how the supposed incoherences in the concept of God are due to the generalization of partial insights.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 138mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032888590
• ISBN-10: 1032888598
• Artikelnr.: 70897574

Autorenporträt

David A. Pailin was Professor Emeritus of Religions and Theology at the University of Manchester, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The problem of God today 2. The concept of God: demands and difficulties
3. God, metaphysics, and process thought 4. The dipolar structure of the
concept of God 5. Panentheism 6. God as perfect and personal 7. God and
creation: cosmogenesis 8. God and creation: evolution 9. God and history
10. God and human being: the act of God 11. God and human being: the
significance of the human