The non-existence of God / Nicholas Everitt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Everitt, Nicholas, 1943-

Series:

Toronto Studies in Theology ; 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Atheism.

God--Proof.

God.

Faith and reason.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (211 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A series of essays on aspects of Tillich's thought considered to be representative of more fundamental problems endemic to Christian theology. The author argues that Tillich's thought is actually closer to traditional Christian thought, especially that of Thomas Aquinas.

Contents:

part 1 Reasoning about God

The central role of the existence of God

chapter The claim that it is wrong to appeal to reason

chapter The variety of reasons

chapter 2 Reformed Epistemology

chapter The alternative view proposed by Reformed Epistemology

chapter Assessment

chapter 3 Ontological arguments

chapter 4 Cosmological arguments

part Can there be an infinity of past causes?

chapter Does the Big Bang theory help the First Cause argument?

chapter The Argument from Contingency

part 5 Teleological arguments

chapter The argument from order as such

chapter The relevance of Darwin

chapter Criticisms of Darwin

chapter 6 Arguments to and from miracles

chapter Assessment of Hume’s argument

chapter 7 God and morality

chapter 8 Religious experience

chapter Swinburne’s additions

chapter Can there be privately perceivable objects?

part A more liberal conception of experience?

chapter 9 Naturalism, evolution and rationality

part 10 Prudential arguments

chapter Pascal’s Wager

part 11 Arguments from scale

chapter The argument from scale

chapter 12 Problems about evil

chapter The free will defence

chapter 13 Omnipotence

chapter The concept of omnipotence

part 16 Conclusion

chapter 14 Eternity and omnipresence

chapter 15 Omniscience

chapter Can God know the truth of indexicals?

chapter 16 Conclusion.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-88946-905-9

1-134-41898-1

1-134-41899-X

0-415-30106-8

1-280-07541-4

0-203-64378-X

9780203643785

OCLC:

475909375