God and time

The God of Western religion is said to be eternal. But what does that mean? Is God somehow beyond time, living a life that does not involve one thing after another? Or is God's relationship to time much more like ours, so that God's eternality just consists in there being no time at which...

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主要作者: Deng, Natalja 1981- (Author)
格式: 电子 图书
语言:English
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出版: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2019
In:Year: 2019
丛编:Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of religion
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B 基督教 / / 时间
Further subjects:B God (Christianity) Eternity
B Time ; Religious aspects ; Christianity
B God (Christianity) ; Eternity
B Time Religious aspects Christianity
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总结:The God of Western religion is said to be eternal. But what does that mean? Is God somehow beyond time, living a life that does not involve one thing after another? Or is God's relationship to time much more like ours, so that God's eternality just consists in there being no time at which God doesn't exist? Even for non-believers, these issues have interesting implications for the relation between historical and scientific findings on the one hand, and religion on the other. This Element introduces the reader to the requisite metaphysical background, and then examines reasons for and against thinking of God as timeless
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Dec 2018)
ISBN:1108653170
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/9781108653176