Depicting Deity - A Metatheological Approach

A theology aims to explain the nature of God. A metatheology investigates more fundamental issues concerning how to structure such an intellectual endeavor. This book examines where it is best to start the project of theology in the hope of offering a defensible metatheory from which a complete and elegant theology can be developed.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction


• 2: The Shared Ground


• 3: Toward Competing Starting Points


• 4: Concluding Parameters

About the author

Jonathan L. Kvanvig is Professor of Philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis, USA. He was previously Professor of Philosophy at Texas A&M University, Professor and Department Chair at the University of Missouri, and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Baylor University. He works primarily in epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophy of religion, with related work in the philosophy of language and logic. He has published 18 books, and his work has been supported by grants from the Marc Sanders Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Templeton Religion Trust.

Summary

A theology aims to explain the nature of God. A metatheology investigates more fundamental issues concerning how to structure such an intellectual endeavor. This book examines where it is best to start the project of theology in the hope of offering a defensible metatheory from which a complete and elegant theology can be developed.

Additional text

We have Kvanvig to thank for doing a significant amount of trailblazing for us.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan L. Kvanvig, Jonathan L. (Professor of Philosophy Kvanvig, Kvanvig Jonathan L.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.07.2021
• EAN: 9780192896452
• ISBN: 978-0-19-289645-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Theology, RELIGION / Faith, RELIGION / Agnosticism, RELIGION / Theosophy, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Philosophy of religion, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge