The Perfect Person' conception of God, versus the traditional conception: is the difference so great?
Various contemporary philosophers, with Richard Swinburne prominent amongst them, have abandoned the traditional philosophical conception of God, according to which He is absolutely simple and eternal (as opposed to sempiternal). These contemporary philosophers conceive of Him as a perfect person&#...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2017]
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Religious studies
Year: 2017, Volume: 53, Issue: 3, Pages: 293-306 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Swinburne, Richard 1934-
/ God
/ Person
/ Fulfilment
/ Eternity of God
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| IxTheo Classification: | NBC Doctrine of God |
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| Summary: | Various contemporary philosophers, with Richard Swinburne prominent amongst them, have abandoned the traditional philosophical conception of God, according to which He is absolutely simple and eternal (as opposed to sempiternal). These contemporary philosophers conceive of Him as a perfect person', immaterial, but with human-type virtues in a superhuman degree. I argue that, whilst this development is probably mistaken, nevertheless the traditionalist critics perhaps sometimes exaggerate the differences between these conceptions - except on the crucial issue of God's eternity. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-901X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S003441251700021X |