The Divine Relativity / Nicholas L. Tilney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tilney, Nicholas L., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

God.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2000]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Charles Hartshorne has set himself the task of formulating the idea of deity "to preserve perhaps even increase, its religious value, while yet avoiding the contradictions which seem inseparable from the idea of customarily defined." This is a brilliant attempt to redefine problems that have long challenged the Western world in its search for understanding both God and man. "The compact, closely reasoned book employs a skill in logic reminiscent of scholasticism at its best to refute traditional notions, scholastic and otherwise, of divine absoluteness, and to expound a conception of God which is both free of contradiction and religiously adequate. The position taken is described by Professor Hartshorne as surrelativism, or panentheism, and these terms indicate the two major emphases of the volume....He who follows its precise logic with the alertness it demands will have a clarifying and enriching experience."-S. Paul Schiling, Journal of Bible and Religion"In what respects is God absolute and in what respects relative? Or is it meaningless to say that he is both? In a rigorously analytical study Professor Hartshorne explains why he thinks both statements are necessary....One comes from this book with new confidence in the ability of philosophy to attack religious problems and, through careful analysis, to reveal what as alone conceivable must be true."-J.S. Bixler, Review of Religion"Hartshorne's work is a major achievement in religious thought because it strives to clear away errors that have been insuperable obstacles to religious search."-Henry N. Wieman, The Philosophical Review"This book is not merely theoretical, as might be supposed; it has its practical application to the larger social issues of our time, including the problem of democracy."-Jay William Hudson, Christian Register

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface to the 1964 Edition

Preface to the Original Edition

CONTENTS

I. God as Supreme, Yet Indebted to All

II. God as Absolute, Yet Related to All

III. The Divine Attributes as Types of Social Relationship

Index of Names

Index of Subjects

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780300191660

0300191669

OCLC:

1024020957