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“Ontology is the explanation of what it means to say ‘x is’ and theology is the explanation of what it means to say ‘God does x.’ If, however, the sentence form conveys a content in addition to that of the terms which constitute it, then the combination of the universal subject and the universal obj...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
1966
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Theology today
Year: 1966, Volume: 22, Issue: 4, Pages: 513-527 |
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Summary: | “Ontology is the explanation of what it means to say ‘x is’ and theology is the explanation of what it means to say ‘God does x.’ If, however, the sentence form conveys a content in addition to that of the terms which constitute it, then the combination of the universal subject and the universal object into ‘God is’ describes a domain that is neither simply theology nor simply ontology. It might be called theontology.” |
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ISSN: | 2044-2556 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology today
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/004057366602200408 |