The Divine Attributes

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By Joshua Hoffman and Gary S. Rosenkrantz

Series: Exploring the Philosophy of Religion

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The Divine Attributes offers an engaging and rational exploration of the God concept in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The authors analyse fundamental divine qualities like omnipotence, omniscience, and perfect goodness, discussing God's eternality, necessity, and substance. The book concludes that the classical idea of God is coherent, while challenging some traditional theological attributes.
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This book is suited for students, teachers, and readers interested in philosophy of religion, theology, and analytical metaphysics, especially those seeking a thoughtful and scholarly approach to understanding divine nature.

The Divine Attributesis an engaging analysis of the God of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam from the perspective of rational theology.

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The Divine Attributes is an engaging analysis of the God of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam from the perspective of rational theology. This ambitious study rationally explores the nature of God, differentiates the idea of God from other historical ideas of the divine, and identifies the core qualities of a maximally great, or perfect, being.

It includes detailed discussions of the fundamental divine attributes, such as divine power, knowledge, and goodness. It also addresses whether God is to be understood as eternal, within or outside of time, existing necessarily or contingently, and whether God is to be understood as a physical or a spiritual substance.

The authors conclude that, properly understood, the concept of God is coherent, although certain attributes that some traditional theologians ascribe to God should be rejected.

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The Divine Attributes

By Joshua Hoffman and Gary S. Rosenkrantz

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William L. Rowe praises the book as "intellectually rigorous, yet written with great clarity," ideal for understanding key divine attributes in Western thought. E. J. Lowe calls it a "masterly exercise in rational theology," combining rigour and accessibility while advancing debates on God's nature. John Fischer describes it as "thoughtful, rigorous, and systematic," yet highly readable and sophisticated.

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ISBN: 9780631211549

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 May 2002

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 155.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 336g

Pages: 220

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About the Author

Joshua Hoffman is Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Gary S. Rosenkrantz is Professor of Philosophy and Head of Department at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. They are co-authors of Substance Among Other Categories (1994) and Substance: Its Nature and Existence (1997).

The Divine Attributes