Metaphysics and God
Essays in Honor of Eleonore Stump
1st Edition
Published on 22. April 2009
Book
Hardback
262 pages
978-0-415-96365-7 (ISBN)
Description
This volume focuses on contemporary issues in the philosophy of religion through an engagement with Eleonore Stump's seminal work in the field. Topics covered include: the metaphysics of the divine nature (e.g., divine simplicity and eternity); the nature of love and God's relation to human happiness; and the issue of human agency (e.g., the nature of the human soul and hell).
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paper over boards
Illustrations
2 s/w Zeichnungen
2 Line drawings, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
574 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-96365-7 (9780415963657)
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Kevin Timpe teaches philosophy at the University of San Diego. He is the author of Free Will: Sourcehood and Its Alternatives (Continuum), and the editor of Arguing about Religion (Routledge).
Content
Forward-Fr. Theodore Vitali CP
Acknowledgments
Introduction-Kevin Timpe
Section 1: Preacipue de Deo
1. God and Other Uncreated Things-Peter van Inwagen
2. Aquinas, Divine Simplicity and Divine Freedom-Brian Leftow
3. The Real Presence of an Eternal God-Thomas D. Senor
4. The Metaphysics of Divine Love-William E. Mann
5. Narrative, Liturgy, and the Hiddenness of God-Michael C. Rea
6. Fittingness and Divine Action in Cur Deus Homo -Thomas P. Flint
7. Conservation, Concurrence, and Counterfactuals of Freedom-Jon Kvanvig
8. More on Molinism-John Martin Fischer
Section 2: Preacipue de Hominibus
9. The Supervenience of Goodness on Being-John E. Hare
10. The Second-Person Account of the Problem of Evil-Lynne Rudder Baker
11. Theodicies and Human Nature: Dostoevsky on the Saint as Witness-Timothy O'Connor
12. Do Human Persons Persist between Death and Resurrection?-Jason T. Eberl
13. Love and Damnation-C. P. Ragland
14. Friendship in Heaven: Aquinas on Supremely Perfect Happiness and the Communion of the Saints-Christopher Brown
Notes on Contributors
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction-Kevin Timpe
Section 1: Preacipue de Deo
1. God and Other Uncreated Things-Peter van Inwagen
2. Aquinas, Divine Simplicity and Divine Freedom-Brian Leftow
3. The Real Presence of an Eternal God-Thomas D. Senor
4. The Metaphysics of Divine Love-William E. Mann
5. Narrative, Liturgy, and the Hiddenness of God-Michael C. Rea
6. Fittingness and Divine Action in Cur Deus Homo -Thomas P. Flint
7. Conservation, Concurrence, and Counterfactuals of Freedom-Jon Kvanvig
8. More on Molinism-John Martin Fischer
Section 2: Preacipue de Hominibus
9. The Supervenience of Goodness on Being-John E. Hare
10. The Second-Person Account of the Problem of Evil-Lynne Rudder Baker
11. Theodicies and Human Nature: Dostoevsky on the Saint as Witness-Timothy O'Connor
12. Do Human Persons Persist between Death and Resurrection?-Jason T. Eberl
13. Love and Damnation-C. P. Ragland
14. Friendship in Heaven: Aquinas on Supremely Perfect Happiness and the Communion of the Saints-Christopher Brown
Notes on Contributors
Bibliography
Index