The coherence of theism / Richard Swinburne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Swinburne, Richard, author.

Series:

Clarendon library of logic and philosophy.

Clarendon library of logic and philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

God (Christianity)--Attributes.

God (Christianity).

Language and languages--Religious aspects.

Language and languages.

Semantics (Philosophy)--Religious aspects.

Semantics (Philosophy).

Theology--Terminology.

Theology.

Religion--Philosophy.

Religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 312 pages)

Edition:

Revised edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press, [1993]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The author investigates what it means, and whether it is coherent, to say that there is a God, concluding that, despite philosophical objections, the claims which religious believers make about God are generally coherent. Sometimes the words by which this is expressed are used in a stretched sense, but theologians acknowledge the fact.

Contents:

1. Introduction

Part I. Religious Language

2. Conditions for Coherence

(1)

3. Conditions for Coherence

(2)

4. The Words of Theology

(1) Words with Old and New Senses

5. The Words of Theology

(2) Medieval and Modern Accounts

6. Attitude Theories

Part II. A Contingent God

7. An Omnipresent Spirit

8. Free and Creator of the Universe

9. Omnipotent

10. Omniscient

11. Perfectly Good and a Source of Moral Obligation

12. Eternal and Immutable

Part III. A Necessary God

13. Kinds of Necessity

14. A Necessary Being

15. Holy and Worthy of Worship.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-159858-5

1-281-98911-8

9786611989118

0-19-151970-7

OCLC:

568693827