God and the Processes of Reality - Foundations of a Credible Theism

Can belief in God be rational? David A. Pailin identifies the reasons behind this questioning of theistic faith in his book God and the Processes of Reality (originally published in 1989) and demonstrates how the supposed incoherences in the concept of God are due to the generalization of partial insights.

List of contents

1. The problem of God today 2. The concept of God: demands and difficulties 3. God, metaphysics, and process thought 4. The dipolar structure of the concept of God 5. Panentheism 6. God as perfect and personal 7. God and creation: cosmogenesis 8. God and creation: evolution 9. God and history 10. God and human being: the act of God 11. God and human being: the significance of the human

About the author

David A. Pailin was Professor Emeritus of Religions and Theology at the University of Manchester, UK.

Summary

Can belief in God be rational? David A. Pailin identifies the reasons behind this questioning of theistic faith in his book God and the Processes of Reality (originally published in 1989) and demonstrates how the supposed incoherences in the concept of God are due to the generalization of partial insights.

Product details

• Authors: David A. Pailin, Pailin David A.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032888590
• ISBN: 978-1-03-288859-0
• No. of pages: 244
• Weight: 420 g
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; PHILOSOPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Philosophy, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Philosophy of religion