The Divine Nature: Personal and A-Personal Perspectives (Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion)

This book is the first systematic treatment of the strengths and limitations of personal and a-personal conceptions of the divine. It features contributions from Jewish, Islamic, Chinese, Indian and naturalistic backgrounds in addition to those working within a decidedly Christian framework. This book discusses whether the concept of God in classical theism is coherent at all and whether the traditional understanding of some of the divine attributes need to be modified. The contributors explore what the proposed spiritual and practical merits and demerits of personal and a-personal conceptions of God might be. Additionally, their diverse perspectives reflect a broader trend within the analytic philosophy of religion to incorporate various non-Western religious traditions. Tackling these issues carefully is needed to do justice to the strengths and limitations of personal and a-personal accounts to the divine. The Divine Nature: Personal and A-Personal Perspectives will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working in philosophy of religion and philosophical theology. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Contents Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Thinking about Personal and A-Personal Aspects of the Divine SECTION I: A-Personal Aspects of the Divine: Theoretical Virtues and Limits 2. Personal Theism vs. A-Personal Axiarchism 3. Life and Finite Individuality: Revisiting a Debate in British Idealism 4. Hope for Ultimate Goodness within Theism and Euteleology 5. Is God a Person? Maimonidean and Neo-Maimonidean Perspectives 6. On Timelessness and Mystery 7. Classical Islamic Conceptions of God and Revelation: God Is Not a Person but Can Speak SECTION II: Personal Aspects of the Divine: Theoretical Virtues and Limits 8. Metatheology and the Ontology of Divinity 9. What We Cannot Know about God 10. Against Synchronic Free Will: Or, Why a Personal, Free God Must Be Temporal 11. An Apophatic Approach to God’s ‘Personal’ Nature 12. Impassibility, Omnisubjectivity, and Divine Eternality SECTION III: Practical Implications of Personal and A-Personal Aspects of the Divine 13. Spiritual Practice and Divine Personhood 14. A-Personal Conceptions of God and the Christian Promise of Eternal Life 15. Can Only a Suffering God Help? 16. Could We Worship a Non-Human-Centred Impersonal Cosmic Purpose? 17. A God for the Atheists and Nones? Exploring Chinese and Indian Non-personal Conceptions of Ultimate Reality Contributors Index "This book is the first systematic treatment of the strengths and limitations of personal and a-personal conceptions of the divine. It features contributions from Jewish, Islamic, Chinese, Indian and naturalistic backgrounds in addition to those working within a decidedly Christian framework. This book discusses whether the concept of God in classical theism is coherent at all and whether the traditional understanding of some of the divine attributes need to be modified. The contributors explore what the proposed spiritual and practical merits and demerits of personal and a-personal conceptions of God might be. Additionally, their diverse perspectives reflect a broader trend within analytic philosophy of religion to incorporate various non-Western religious traditions. Tackling these issues carefully is needed to do justice to the strengths and limitations of personal and a-personal accounts to the divine. The Divine Nature: Personal or A-Personal Perspectives will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working in philosophy of religion and philosophical theology"-- Provided by publisher This site can’t provide a secure connectionp303.zlibcdn.com sent an invalid response.This book discusses whether the concept of God in classical theism is coherent at all and whether the traditional understanding of some of the divine attributes need to be modified. The contributors explore what the proposed spiritual and practical merits and demerits of personal and a-personal conceptions of God might be. Additionally, their diverse perspectives reflect a broader trend within the analytic philosophy of religion to incorporate various non-Western religious traditions. Tackling these issues carefully is needed to do justice to the strengths and limitations of personal and a-personal accounts to the divine.The Divine Nature: Personal and A-Personal Perspectives will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working in philosophy of religion and philosophical theology. This book is the first systematic treatment of the strengths and limitations of personal and a-personal conceptions of the divine. It features contributions from Jewish, Islamic, Chinese, Indian and naturalistic backgrounds in addition to those working within a decidedly Christian framework. __The Divine Nature: Personal and A-Personal Perspectives__ will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working in philosophy of religion and philosophical theology.