Garrett J. DeWeese

God and the Nature of Time

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Is God temporal or atemporal? Interacting with issues in the history of philosophy, contemporary philosophy of science, and philosophy of religion, this book offers a thorough introduction to the key issues and key figures in historical and contemporary work on the philosophy of time and time in theology.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Philosophy of Religion Series
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 162mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 628g
• ISBN-13: 9780754635185
• ISBN-10: 075463518X
• Artikelnr.: 57039816

Autorenporträt

Garrett J. DeWeese is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Philosophical Theology, at the Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, La Mirada, California, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface
Introduction
Part I Metaphysics and Physics: The metaphysics of time
Physics and time. Part II Scripture and Tradition: The evidence from scripture
The medieval consensus: God is atemporally eternal
Atemporality: contemporary statements
A medieval dissent: God is temporally everlasting
Temporality: contemporary statements. Part III Omnitemporal God: Omnitemporality
Implications of omnitemporality
Bibliography
Index.