The Divine Attributes
Published on 8. May 2008
224 pages
978-0-470-69271-4 (ISBN)
Description
The Divine Attributesis an engaging analysis of the God of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam from the perspective of rational theology.
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"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 atRiversideMore details
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Persons
Joshua Hoffman is Professor of Philosophy at theUniversity of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Gary S. Rosenkrantz is Professor of Philosophy and Headof 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).
Content
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 MoralAdmirability.
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 RationalTheology.
Glossary.
Index.
