| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 312 pages) |
| Series |
Clarendon library of logic and philosophy |
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Clarendon library of logic and philosophy.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction -- pt. I. Religious Language -- 2. Conditions for Coherence -- (1) -- 3. Conditions for Coherence -- (2) -- 4. The Words of Theology -- (1) -- Words with Old and New Senses -- 5. The Words of Theology -- (2) Medieval and Modern Accounts -- 6. Attitude Theories -- pt. II. A Contingent God -- 7. An Omnipresent Spirit -- 8. Free and Creator of the Universe -- 9. Omnipotent -- 10. Omniscient -- 11. Perfectly Good and a Source of Moral Obligation -- 12. Eternal and Immutable -- pt. III. A Necessary God -- 13. Kinds of Necessity -- 14. A Necessary Being -- 15. Holy and Worthy of Worship |
| Summary |
The author investigates what it means, and whether it is coherent, to say that there is a God, concluding that, despite philosophical objections, the claims which religious believers make about God are generally coherent. Sometimes the words by which this is expressed are used in a stretched sense, but theologians acknowledge the fact |
| Analysis |
Theism |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
God (Christianity) -- Attributes.
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Language and languages -- Religious aspects.
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RELIGION -- Theism.
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God (Christianity) -- Attributes
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Language and languages -- Religious aspects
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Theïsme.
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Taalfilosofie.
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God.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191519703 |
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0191519707 |
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0198240694 |
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9780198240693 |
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9780198240709 |
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0198240708 |
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9780191598586 |
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0191598585 |
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