Joshua Hoffman & Gary S. Rosenkrantz 
The Divine Attributes [PDF ebook] 

The Divine Attributesis an engaging analysis of the God of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam from the perspective of rational theology.
Das E-Book The Divine Attributes wird angeboten von John Wiley & Sons und wurde mit folgenden Begriffen kategorisiert:
Philosophie, Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Religionsphilosophie

Tabla de materias

Series Editor’s Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Authors’ Note.

Introduction to Rational Theology.

1. The Idea of God.

Historical Conceptions of the Divine.

God as a Maximally Great Being.

2. Substantiality.

Substance Among Other Categories.

Substance and Independence.

Spinoza’s Divine Substance.

3. Incorporeality.

Spirituality and Omnipresence.

Are Souls Unintelligible?.

Is Body-Soul Interaction Unintelligible?.

Divine Simplicity.

4. Necessary Existence.

Necessity and Contingency.

Necessary Beings and Contingent Beings.

Modalities and Possible Worlds.

Necessary Beings versus Self-Existent Beings.

5. Eternality.

Temporal versus Atemporal Eternality.

A Defense of Temporal Eternality.

Incorruptibility versus Immutability.

6. Omniscience.

Omniscience as Maximal Knowledge.

The Analysis of Omniscience.

Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom.

7. Perfect Goodness, Perfect Virtue, and Moral
Admirability.

God and the Nature of Morality.

Perfect Goodness and Consequences.

Perfect Virtue and Moral Rules.

Maximal Greatness and Moral Admirability.

8. Omnipotence.

Maximal Power and the Uniqueness of God.

What an Omnipotent Agent Can Do.

The Analysis of Omnipotence.

Divine Omnibenevolence, Omnipotence, and Freedom.

Concluding Remarks and Prolegomena to Future Rational
Theology.

Glossary.

Index.

Sobre el 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).