The Coherence of Naturalistic Personal Pantheism
This paper examines the coherence of naturalistic personal pantheism (NPP) in an attempt to reconcile pantheism, naturalism, and a personal concept of God. NPP proposes that i) God is identical with the universe, ii) the universe is entirely natural, and iii) God is personal. Several critics of acco...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham
[2020]
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European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 12, Issue: 1, Pages: 75-89 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
God
/ Person
/ Panentheism
/ Naturalism (Philosophy)
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism NBC Doctrine of God |
| Further subjects: | B
Pantheism
B Naturalism B God B Personhood |
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| Summary: | This paper examines the coherence of naturalistic personal pantheism (NPP) in an attempt to reconcile pantheism, naturalism, and a personal concept of God. NPP proposes that i) God is identical with the universe, ii) the universe is entirely natural, and iii) God is personal. Several critics of accounts of a God such as this have voiced concerns about a natural?—?as opposed to a supernatural?—?God, since a natural God cannot be worship-worthy. In response, I propose a controversial premise?—?physical primacy?—?to justify the worship-worthiness of a natural God. Physical primacy maintains that physical existence is a great-making property, therefore a God that exists naturally is greater than a God that exists supernaturally. I maintain that NPP is an attractive alternative to other theisms because it bypasses the pairing problem, presents a worship-worthy concept of God, and boasts ontological simplicity. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.v12i1.2886 |