Describing Gods: an investigation of divine attributes

How do religious believers describe God, and what sort of attributes do they attribute to him? These are central topics in the philosophy of religion. In this book Graham Oppy undertakes a careful study of attributes which are commonly ascribed to God, including infinity, perfection, simplicity, ete...

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1. VerfasserIn: Oppy, Graham 1960- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Buch
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press December 2014
In:Jahr: 2014
Ausgabe:First published
Schriftenreihe/Zeitschrift:Cambridge books online
weitere Schlagwörter:B God Attributes
B God
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Parallele Ausgabe:Nicht-Elektronisch
Erscheint auch als: 9781107087040
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Zusammenfassung:How do religious believers describe God, and what sort of attributes do they attribute to him? These are central topics in the philosophy of religion. In this book Graham Oppy undertakes a careful study of attributes which are commonly ascribed to God, including infinity, perfection, simplicity, eternity, necessity, fundamentality, omnipotence, omniscience, freedom, incorporeality, perfect goodness and perfect beauty. In a series of substantial chapters, he examines divine attributes one by one, and relates them to a larger taxonomy of those attributes. He also examines the difficulties involved in establishing the claim that understandings of divine attributes are inconsistent or incoherent. Intended as a companion to his 2006 book Arguing about Gods, his study engages with a range of the best contemporary work on divine attributes. It will appeal to readers in philosophy of religion
Preliminaries -- Infinity -- Perfection -- Simplicity -- Eternity -- Necessity -- Fundamentality -- Omni-attributes -- Freedom -- Incorporeality -- Value -- Concluding remarks
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ISBN:1316091805
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781316091807