The Divine Attributes - Couverture souple

Hoffman, Joshua

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0631211543 ISBN 13 : 9780631211549

Editeur : John Wiley & Sons, 2009

Synopsis

Book by Hoffman Joshua Rosenkrantz Gary S

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

"Intellectually rigorous, yet written with great clarity, this book enables the reader to understand the attributes; omnipotence, omniscience, perfect goodness, eternality, etc. that make up the dominant idea of God in Western civilization. Highly recommended!" William L. Rowe, Purdue University

"This is a masterly exercise in rational theology by two leading metaphysicians. Their rigorous approach and skilful application of recent developments in analytical metaphysics make this book at once authoritative, lucid, and compelling. As well as being an extremely valuable resource for students and teachers of philosophy and theology, it advances contemporary debate about the proper understanding of God′s nature in important and interesting new ways." E. J. Lowe, University of Durham

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

Quatrième de couverture :

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.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: John Wiley & Sons
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0631211543
• ISBN 13: 9780631211549
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 220