The Divine Attributes (Exploring the Philosophy of Religion) - Softcover

Hoffman, Joshua

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0631211543 ISBN 13: 9780631211549

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2009

Synopsis

The Divine Attributesis an engaging analysis of the God of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam from the perspective of rational theology.

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About the Author

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).

From the Back Cover

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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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.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0631211543
• ISBN 13: 9780631211549
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 220