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Clarendon Library of Logic and Philosophy Ser.: Coherence of Theism : Second Edition by Richard Swinburne (2016, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

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Number of Pages320 Pages

Publication NameCoherence of Theism : Second Edition

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2016

SubjectGeneral

TypeTextbook

AuthorRichard Swinburne

Subject AreaReligion, Language Arts & Disciplines

SeriesClarendon Library of Logic and Philosophy Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Table Of Content1: IntroductionPart I. Religious Language2: Conditions for Coherence--Logical Possibility3: Conditions for Coherence--Metaphysical Possibility4: The Words of Theology--(1) Words with Old and New Senses5: The Words of Theology--(2) Medieval and Modern Accounts6: Attitude TheoriesPart II. A Contingent God7: An Omnipresent Spirit8: Free and Creator of the Universe9: Omnipotent10: OmniscientAppendix on Omniscience in the Bible and Christian tradition11: Perfectly Good and a Source of Moral Obligation12: Eternal and ImmutablePart III. A Necessary God13: God's Necessary Properties14: A Necessary Being15: Holy and Worthy of WorshipAdditional NotesIndex

SynopsisThe Coherence of Theism investigates what it means, and whether it is coherent, to say that there is a God. Richard Swinburne concludes that despite philosophical objections, most traditional claims about God are coherent (that is, do not involve contradictions); and although some of the most important claims are coherent only if the words by which they are expressed are being used in analogical senses, this is the way in which theologians have usually claimed that they are being used. When the first edition of this book was published in 1977, it was the first book in the new 'analytic' tradition of philosophy of religion to discuss these issues. Since that time there have been very many books and discussions devoted to them, and this new, substantially rewritten, second edition takes account of these discussions and of new developments in philosophy generally over the past 40 years. These discussions have concerned how to analyse the claim that God is 'omnipotent', whether God can foreknow human free actions, whether God is everlasting or timeless, and what it is for God to be a 'necessary being'. On all these issues this new edition has new things to say., The Coherence of Theism investigates what it means, and whether it is coherent, to say that there is a God. Richard Swinburne concludes that despite philosophical objections, most traditional claims about God are coherent, and although some of the most important claims are coherent only if the words by which they are expressed are being used in analogical senses, this is the way in which theologians have usually claimed that they are being used. When thefirst edition of this book was published in 1977, it was the first book in the new 'analytic' tradition of philosophy of religion to discuss these issues. Since then there has been much discussion devoted tothem. This substantially rewritten second edition takes account of these discussions and of new developments in philosophy over the past 40 years. It presents fresh perspectives on how to analyse the claim that God is 'omnipotent', whether God can foreknow human free actions, whether God is everlasting or timeless, and what it is for God to be a 'necessary being'., This substantially revised second edition of a classic text in philosophy of religion explores what it means, and whether it is coherent, to say that there is a God. Swinburne takes account of new developments in the debate over the past 40 years, and develops his views on central claims about the nature of God in light of recent discussion., The Coherence of Theism investigates what it means, and whether it is coherent, to say that there is a God. Richard Swinburne concludes that despite philosophical objections, most traditional claims about God are coherent (that is, do not involve contradictions); and although some of the most important claims are coherent only if the words by which they are expressed are being used in analogical senses, this is the way in which theologians have usuallyclaimed that they are being used. When the first edition of this book was published in 1977, it was the first book in the new 'analytic' tradition of philosophy of religion to discuss these issues. Since that timethere have been very many books and discussions devoted to them, and this new, substantially rewritten, second edition takes account of these discussions and of new developments in philosophy generally over the past 40 years. These discussions have concerned how to analyse the claim that God is 'omnipotent', whether God can foreknow human free actions, whether God is everlasting or timeless, and what it is for God to be a 'necessary being'. On all these issues this new edition has new things tosay.

LC Classification NumberBT130