Maximal God - A New Defence of Perfect Being Theism

Yujin Nagasawa presents a new, stronger version of perfect being theism, the conception of God as the greatest possible being. Nagasawa argues that God should be understood, not as omniscient, omnipotent, and omnibenevolent, but rather as a being that has the maximal consistent set of knowledge, power, and benevolence.

About the author

Yujin Nagasawa is Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham. He is the author of God and Phenomenal Consciousness (CUP, 2008), The Existence of God (Routledge, 2011) and Miracles: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, forthcoming). He won the Philosophical Quarterly Essay Prize in 2007, the Templeton Award for Theological Promise in 2008, and the Excellence in Philosophy of Religion Prize in 2011.

Summary

Yujin Nagasawa presents a new, stronger version of perfect being theism, the conception of God as the greatest possible being. Nagasawa argues that God should be understood, not as omniscient, omnipotent, and omnibenevolent, but rather as a being that has the maximal consistent set of knowledge, power, and benevolence.

Additional text

Nagasawa's work is an impressively erudite and provocative study. The arguments are concise and clear, even when technical...As a work in the philosophy of religion, it makes an important contribution to a debate extending back almost a millennium.

Product details

• Authors: Yujin Nagasawa, Yujin (University of Birmingham) Nagasawa, Nagasawa Yujin
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9780198758686
• ISBN: 978-0-19-875868-6
• No. of pages: 242
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 225 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Print on Demand
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Theologie, Christentum, PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Theism, Philosophy, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Philosophy, Nature & existence of God, Nature and existence of God and of the Divine