God and truth : an essay on reason and religious ideas / Lenn E. Goodman, Vanderbilt University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goodman, Lenn Evan, 1944- Author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in religion, philosophy, and society.

Cambridge studies in religion, philosophy, and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

God.

God (Judaism).

Truth--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Truth.

Faith and reason.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 195 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2026.

Summary:

Is God a necessary being? Infinite yet simple? Creator of a world that seems equally able to explain itself? In this volume, prize-winning philosopher Lenn Goodman probes key religious questions against the backdrop of sacred texts and philosophical classics. In dialogue with a range of philosophers from Plato and Aristotle to Philo, Maimonides, Spinoza, Hume, and Kant, he examines the relationship between truth and the idea of God. Exploring the nexus between theism and logic, he probes ontological and design arguments, the anthropic principle, the problem of evil, the nature of justice and fairness, and the purpose and meaning of art. Goodman provocatively asks what science would look like if scientists allowed themselves to voice religious responses to their discoveries, as Einstein did. Finally, he probes the insights and examples of the morally virtuous, such as Moses, Albert Schweitzer, and Mahatma Gandhi.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 23 Feb 2026).

ISBN:

1-108-65695-1

1-108-65937-3

1-108-60120-0