Prospects for Panentheism as Research Program
Panentheism is best understood as a philosophical research program. Identifying the core of the research program offers a strong response to the demarcation objection. It also helps focus both objections to and defenses of panentheism - and to show why common objections are not actually criticisms o...
| Subtitles: | Theme: Analytic theology and the nature of God |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2019]
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| In: |
European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 11, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-18 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Panentheism
/ Research program
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism NBC Doctrine of God |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (KW) Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | Panentheism is best understood as a philosophical research program. Identifying the core of the research program offers a strong response to the demarcation objection. It also helps focus both objections to and defenses of panentheism - and to show why common objections are not actually criticisms of the position we are defending. The paper also addresses two common criticisms: the alleged inadequacy of panentheism's double "in" specification of the relationship between God and world, and the "double God" objection. Once the research program framework is in place, topics like these become opportunities for panentheists to engage in the kind of careful constructive work in theology and philosophy - historical, analytic, and systematic - that is required for making long-term, positive contributions to our field. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.v11i1.2619 |