Depicting deity : a metatheological approach / Jonathan L. Kvanvig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kvanvig, Jonathan L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion--Philosophy.

Religion.

Philosophical theology.

God.

Deism.

Theology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 pages)

Other Title:

Metatheological approach

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

A theology aims to explain the nature of God. A metatheology investigates more fundamental issues concerning how to structure such an intellectual endeavor. This book examines where it is best to start the project of theology in the hope of offering a defensible metatheory from which a complete and elegant theology can be developed.

Contents:

Cover

Depicting Deity: A Metatheological Approach

Copyright

Preface

Contents

Part I: Introduction

1: The Major Positions

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Perfect Being Theology (PBT)

1.3 Creator Theology (CT)

1.4 Worship-Worthiness Theology (WWT)

1.4.1 Leftow's Derivation of Personhood

1.4.2 Leftow's Characterization of Worship

1.4.3 Worthiness and the Uniqueness Challenge

1.4.4 Fundamentality and Worship-Worthiness

1.5 Conclusion

2: Categorizing Metatheologies

2.1 Introduction

2.2 The Wider Logical Space

2.3 Theologies and Metatheologies

2.4 Alternative Category Systems

2.5 Conclusion

3: Initial Desiderata on Metatheology

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Semantics and Metaphysics

3.3 Monotheism and Personhood

3.4 The Question of Embodiment

3.5 Conclusion

Part II: The Shared Ground

4: Creator Theology and the Shared Ground

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Monotheism

4.3 Personhood

4.4 Embodiment

4.5 Conclusion

5: Shaky Ground for Anselmianism

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Creator Theology and Contingency

5.3 The Metatheology of Perfection in Being

5.4 Creator Theology and the Problems of Contingency and Profligacy

5.5 Conclusion

6: The Shared Ground Prospects for Worship-Worthiness Theology

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Monotheism

6.3 Personhood

6.4 Embodiment

6.5 Conclusion

Part III: Toward Competing Starting Points

7: Creator Theology's Disadvantages

7.1 Introduction

7.2 From Creator Theology toward Worship-Worthiness

7.3 From Creator Theology toward Perfection

7.4 Conclusion

8: Perfect Being Theology's Difficulties

8.1 Introduction

8.2 From Perfection in Being to Sourcehood

8.3 From Perfection in Being to Worship-Worthiness

8.4 Conclusion

9: Worship-Worthiness and Its Drawbacks

9.1 Introduction.

9.2 From a Worship-Worthy Being to a Perfect Being

9.3 From Worship-Worthiness to Sourcehood

9.4 Conclusion

Part IV: Concluding Parameters

10: Theological Systems and Their Derivations

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Summary

10.3 Theological systems

10.4 Issues of Derivability

10.5 Metatheological Resources

10.6 Conclusion

11: Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-265033-5

0-19-191889-X

0-19-265032-7

OCLC:

1259593275