The Divine Nature: Personal and A-Personal Perspectives (Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion) 1st Edition Hardcover by Georg Gasser

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Author: Gasser Georg

Edition: 1

Package Dimensions: 0x0x454

Number Of Pages: 360

Release Date: 31-12-2021

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This book is the first systematic treatment of the strengths and limitations of personal and a-personal conceptions of the divine. It features contributions from Jewish, Islamic, Chinese, Indian and naturalistic backgrounds in addition to those working within a decidedly Christian framework.
This book discusses whether the concept of God in classical theism is coherent at all and whether the traditional understanding of some of the divine attributes need to be modified. The contributors explore what the proposed spiritual and practical merits and demerits of personal and a-personal conceptions of God might be. Additionally, their diverse perspectives reflect a broader trend within analytic philosophy of religion to incorporate various non-Western religious traditions. Tackling these issues carefully is needed to do justice to the strengths and limitations of personal and a-personal accounts to the divine.
The Divine Nature: Personal or A-Personal Perspectives will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working in philosophy of religion and philosophical theology.

Review

“I’m deeply convinced that this book will make an important contribution to recent debates concerning models of God and theories on the God-world-relationship. Highly recommended.” – Matthias Remenyi, University of Würzburg, Germany

About the Author

Simon Kittle is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Leeds. His primary interest is the topic of human agency and free will, and questions connected with that topic.

Georg Gasser is Professor for Philosophy at Augsburg University, Germany and main editor of the European Journal for Philosophy of Religion. Georg received his Ph.D from Innsbruck University and his habilitation from the Munich School of Philosophy. Georg’s scholarly work addresses topics in personal identity, the ontology of the human person, philosophical theology and the metaphysics of resurrection.