God and time : essays on the divine nature /

Throughout the history of philosophical theology, scholars have reflected on the relationship between God and time. In the Western religious tradition, God has been thought to be eternal, in the sense that God is outside time. But many thinkers today hold that while God is everlasting, in that there...

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Essays on the divine nature
Hauptverfasser:
Ganssle, Gregory E., Woodruff, David M.
Weitere Verfasser:
Ganssle, Gregory E. (HerausgeberIn), Woodruff, David M. (HerausgeberIn)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
New York : Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2002.
Zusammenfassung:
Throughout the history of philosophical theology, scholars have reflected on the relationship between God and time. In the Western religious tradition, God has been thought to be eternal, in the sense that God is outside time. But many thinkers today hold that while God is everlasting, in that there was no beginning to God's existence nor will he ever cease existing, God exists within Time. In God and Time, Gregory E. Ganssle and David Woodruff have brought together 12 previously unpublished essays from leading philosophers on God's relation to time. Including work from today's most prominent thinkers in this fascinating field, God and Time represents the current state of the discussion between those who believe God to be atemporal (experiencing everything in the "eternal now") and those who believe God to be temporal (experiencing events sequentially, somewhat as we do). This collection highlights such issues as how the nature of time is relevant to the question of whether God is temporal and how God's other attributes are compatible with his mode of temporal being. By focusing on the metaphysical aspects of time and temporal existence, God and Time makes a unique contribution to the current resurgence of interest in philosophical theology in the analytic tradition.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xi, 252 pages)
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780190284633
0190284633
9781423757566
1423757564
9781280472329
1280472324
9780199849130
0199849137
9780195351590
0195351592
Schlagworte:
God (Christianity) > Immutability.
Time > Religious aspects > Christianity.
God (Christianity) > Eternity.
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