A platonic philosophy of religion : a process perspective / Daniel A. Dombrowski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dombrowski, Daniel A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plato.

Religion--Philosophy.

Religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A Platonic Philosophy of Religion challenges traditional views of Plato's religious thought, arguing that these overstate the case for the veneration of Being as opposed to Becoming. Daniel A. Dombrowski explores how process or neoclassical perspectives on Plato's view of God have been mostly neglected, impoverishing both our view of Plato and our view of what can be said in contemporary philosophy of religion on a Platonic basis. Looking at the largely ignored later dialogues, Dombrowski finds a dynamic theism in Plato and presents a new and very different Platonic philosophy of religion. The work's interpretive framework derives from the application of process philosophy and discusses the continuation of Plato's thought in the works of Hartshorne and Whitehead.

Contents:

Taking the world soul seriously

Being is power

Forms as items in divine psychical process

Dipolar theism

Arguments for the existence of God

Becoming like God.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-148) and index.

ISBN:

9780791484098

0791484092

9781423743606

1423743601

OCLC:

461441736