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God, Knowledge, and Mystery : Essays in Philosophical Theology / Peter Van Inwagen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©1995Description: 1 online resource (336 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781501745324
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 230/.01
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- General Introduction -- Part I. Chance, Evil, and Modal Skepticism -- Introduction -- I. Ontological Arguments -- 2. The Place of Chance in a World Sustained by God -- 3. The Problem of Evil, the Problem of Air, and the Problem of Silence -- 4. The Magnitude, Duration, and Distribution of Evil: A Theodicy -- Part II. The Bible, the Church, and Modern Knowledge -- Introduction -- 5. Genesis and Evolution -- 6. Critical Studies of the New Testament and the User of the New Testament -- 7. Non Est Hick -- Part III. Trinity and Incarnation -- Introduction -- 8. And Yet They Are Not Three Gods but One God -- 9. Not by Confusion of Substance, but by Unity of Person -- Index
Summary: In a book that will appeal to a general audience as well as philosophers of religion, a leading metaphysician tackles fundamental theological problems in a lucid and engaging manner. Peter van Inwagen begins with a provocative new introduction exploring the question of whether a philosopher such as himself is qualified to address theological matters. The chapters that follow take up the central problem of evil in a world created and sustained by God.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- General Introduction -- Part I. Chance, Evil, and Modal Skepticism -- Introduction -- I. Ontological Arguments -- 2. The Place of Chance in a World Sustained by God -- 3. The Problem of Evil, the Problem of Air, and the Problem of Silence -- 4. The Magnitude, Duration, and Distribution of Evil: A Theodicy -- Part II. The Bible, the Church, and Modern Knowledge -- Introduction -- 5. Genesis and Evolution -- 6. Critical Studies of the New Testament and the User of the New Testament -- 7. Non Est Hick -- Part III. Trinity and Incarnation -- Introduction -- 8. And Yet They Are Not Three Gods but One God -- 9. Not by Confusion of Substance, but by Unity of Person -- Index

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In a book that will appeal to a general audience as well as philosophers of religion, a leading metaphysician tackles fundamental theological problems in a lucid and engaging manner. Peter van Inwagen begins with a provocative new introduction exploring the question of whether a philosopher such as himself is qualified to address theological matters. The chapters that follow take up the central problem of evil in a world created and sustained by God.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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