Does living Christianity support personhood theism?

Personhood theism is the view that God exists and is a person. It is often claimed that, whatever conclusions might be reached abstractly by philosophers and theologians, Christianity as lived out practically embodies belief in personhood theism. In this article, I critically examine this claim and...

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Main Author: Hewitt, Simon (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2022
In: International journal of philosophy and theology
Year: 2022, Volume: 83, Issue: 5, Pages: 351-361
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Theism / God / Person / Christianity / Liturgy / Religious language
IxTheo Classification:NBC Doctrine of God
RC Liturgy
Further subjects:B Divine personhood
B Liturgy
B theistic personalism
B Classical Theism
B Apophaticism
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Summary:Personhood theism is the view that God exists and is a person. It is often claimed that, whatever conclusions might be reached abstractly by philosophers and theologians, Christianity as lived out practically embodies belief in personhood theism. In this article, I critically examine this claim and argue that Christian prayer and liturgical practice does not in fact embody this belief and that the claim that it does begs the questions against the non-personhood theist.
ISSN:2169-2335
Contains:Enthalten in: International journal of philosophy and theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/21692327.2022.2163279