Joshua Hoffman, Gary S Rosenkrantz

Broschiertes Buch

The Divine Attributes

Beschreibung

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

Autor

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).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Mai 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 326g
• ISBN-13: 9780631211549
• ISBN-10: 0631211543
• Artikelnr.: 22403787

Rezensionen

"Intellectually rigorous, yet written with great clarity, this bookenables the reader to understand the attributes; omnipotence,omniscience, perfect goodness, eternality, etc. - that makeup the dominant idea of God in Western civilization. Highlyrecommended!" William L. Rowe, Purdue University

"This is a masterly exercise in rational theology by two leadingmetaphysicians. Their rigorous approach and skilful application ofrecent developments in analytical metaphysics make this book atonce authoritative, lucid, and compelling. As well as being anextremely valuable resource for students and teachers of philosophyand theology, it advances contemporary debate about the properunderstanding of God's nature in important and interesting newways." E. J. Lowe, University of Durham

"This book is excellent: thoughtful, rigorous, and systematic.In addition to being a penetrating and sophisticated work, it isalso highly readable." John Fischer, University of California atRiverside