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Zusatztext The book is written with great clarity and can be read by almost anyone, including those with no specialist training in philosophy. ... The book is an excellent introduction to its subject and should be widely read and used by students of both theology and philosophy. ... a book of this kind will be just as valuable in the next generation as it was in the last one. Informationen zum Autor Paul Helm was educated at Worcester College, Oxford, and was for many years a member of the Philosophy Department of the University of Liverpool. From 1993-2000 he was the Professor of the History and Philosophy of Religion, King's College, London. In 2001 he was appointed J.I.Packer Chair of Philosophical Theology at Regent College, Vancouver. He is presently a Teaching Fellow there. Klappentext Paul Helm presents a new, expanded edition of his much praised 1988 book Eternal God , which defends the view that God exists in timeless eternity. Helm argues that divine timelessness is grounded in the idea of God as creator, and that this alone makes possible a proper account of divine omniscience. Zusammenfassung Paul Helm presents a new, expanded edition of his much praised 1988 book Eternal God , which defends the view that God exists in timeless eternity. Helm argues that divine timelessness is grounded in the idea of God as creator, and that this alone makes possible a proper account of divine omniscience. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: The Issue of Divine Eternity 2: What is Divine Eternity? 3: Indexicals and Spacelessness 4: Eternity and Personality 5: Eternity, Immutability, and Omniscience 6: Timelessness and Foreknowledge 7: Omniscience and the Future 8: Divine Foreknowledge and Fatalism 9: Timelessness and Human Responsibility 10: Divine Freedom 11: Referring to Eternal God 12: And then.... 13: Eternal Creation 14: The Two Standpoints 15: Time and Trinity Bibliography Index ...
