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God without Parts

2011-11-09 Religion
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Book Synopsis God without Parts by : James E. Dolezal

Download or read book God without Parts written by James E. Dolezal. This book was released on 2011-11-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The doctrine of divine simplicity has long played a crucial role in Western Christianity's understanding of God. It claimed that by denying that God is composed of parts Christians are able to account for his absolute self-sufficiency and his ultimate sufficiency as the absolute Creator of the world. If God were a composite being then something other than the Godhead itself would be required to explain or account for God. If this were the case then God would not be most absolute and would not be able to adequately know or account for himself without reference to something other than himself. This book develops these arguments by examining the implications of divine simplicity for God's existence, attributes, knowledge, and will. Along the way there is extensive interaction with older writers, such as Thomas Aquinas and the Reformed scholastics, as well as more recent philosophers and theologians. An attempt is made to answer some of the currently popular criticisms of divine simplicity and to reassert the vital importance of continuing to confess that God is without parts, even in the modern philosophical-theological milieu.

Divine Simplicity

2016-07-19 Religion
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Release : 2016-07-19
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Book Synopsis Divine Simplicity by : Paul R. Hinlicky

Download or read book Divine Simplicity written by Paul R. Hinlicky. This book was released on 2016-07-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Fresh Articulation of the Unity of God This volume critiques various ways divine simplicity--which suggests God's being is identical to God's attributes--has shaped Christian theology and offers a fresh articulation of the unity of God. The author proposes that the concept of divine simplicity, carried over from the Greek metaphysical tradition, was heedlessly incorporated into the language of Christian trinitarian theology during the patristic period. He identifies numerous problems that have resulted from its retention in postpatristic Christian dogmatics, arguing that uncritical use of the concept renders the biblical God inexpressible and unknowable. This major contribution to contemporary trinitarian dogmatics also contains a unique approach to the problem of Christian-Muslim relations.

Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, and the Transformation of Divine Simplicity

2009-10 Religion
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Release : 2009-10
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Book Synopsis Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, and the Transformation of Divine Simplicity by : Andrew Radde-Gallwitz

Download or read book Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, and the Transformation of Divine Simplicity written by Andrew Radde-Gallwitz. This book was released on 2009-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Divine simplicity is the idea that, as the ultimate principle of the universe, God must be a non-composite unity not made up of parts or diverse attributes. Radde-Gallwitz explores how this idea was appropriated by early Christian theologians from non-Christian philosophy with particular reference to Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nyssa.

Divine Simplicity

2015-12-17 Religion
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Release : 2015-12-17
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Book Synopsis Divine Simplicity by : Steven J. Duby

Download or read book Divine Simplicity written by Steven J. Duby. This book was released on 2015-12-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steven J. Duby examines the doctrine of divine simplicity. This discussion is centered around the three distinguishing features: grounding in biblical exegesis, use of Thomas Aquinas and the Reformed Orthodox; and the writings of modern systematic and philosophical theologians. Duby outlines the general history of the Christian doctrine of divine simplicity and discusses the methodological traits and essential contents of the dogmatic account. He substantiates the claims of the doctrine of divine simplicity by demonstrating that they are implied and required by the scriptural account of God. Duby considers how simplicity is inferred from God's singularity and aseity, as well as how it is inferred from God's immutability and infinity, and the Christian doctrine of creation. The discussion ends with the response to major objections to simplicity, namely that the doctrine does not pay heed to the plurality of the divine attributes, that it eradicates God's freedom in creating the world and acting toward us; and that it does not cohere with the personal distinctions to be made in the doctrine of the Trinity.

The Lord is One

2019-12-06 God (Christianity)
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Release : 2019-12-06
Genre : God (Christianity)
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Book Synopsis The Lord is One by : Steven J Duby

Download or read book The Lord is One written by Steven J Duby. This book was released on 2019-12-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After an age of original integrity, the doctrine of divine simplicity fell from grace. Once a cornerstone of orthodox Christianity's doctrine of God, many modern theologians expelled it from the garden, especially since it often employed now-passé Platonic and Aristotelian metaphysics. But was the doctrine of divine simplicity's fall deserved? Is it unreasonable to hold that God is metaphysically without parts? Is the Lord really one?Rather than dismiss the challenges leveled against divine simplicity by modernity, The Lord is One engages them. The contributors advance in the belief that modernity cannot and should not be escaped, but they do not hesitate to critique currents within it. Thus, this volume presents exegetical, historical, and theological treatments of divine simplicity. It argues the doctrine of divine simplicity is cogent and indispensable while also making space for historically marginalized or idiosyncratic articulations of it. After all, once expelled from the garden, nothing returns exactly as it was.

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