Classical and revisionary theism on the divine as personal: a rapprochement?
To claim that the divine is a person or personal is, according to Swinburne, 'the most elementary claim of theism' ( The coherence of theism, , p. 101). I argue that, whether the classical theist's concept of the divine as a person or personal is construed as an analogy or a metaphor,...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2015
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International journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 78, Issue: 2, Pages: 151-165 |
| Further subjects: | B
Theology
B Divine personhood B Jesus Christ Divinity B Theism B God (Christianity) B Revisionary theism B Gender-neutral pronoun B Religion B Analogy B divine agency B Metaphor B Philosophy |
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| Summary: | To claim that the divine is a person or personal is, according to Swinburne, 'the most elementary claim of theism' ( The coherence of theism, , p. 101). I argue that, whether the classical theist's concept of the divine as a person or personal is construed as an analogy or a metaphor, or a combination of the two, analysis necessitates qualification of that concept such that any differences between the classical theist's concept of the divine as a person or personal and revisionary interpretations of that concept are merely superficial. Thus, either the classical theist has more in common with revisionary theism than he/she might care to admit, or classical theism is a multi-faceted position which encompasses interpretations which some might regard as revisionist. This article also explores and employs the use of a gender-neutral pronoun in talk about God. |
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| ISSN: | 1572-8684 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11153-014-9500-3 |
