God without Parts - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook God without Parts write by James E. Dolezal. This book was released on 2011-11-09. God without Parts available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The doctrine of divine simplicity has long played a crucial role in Western Christianity's understanding of God. It claimed that by denying that God is composed of parts Christians are able to account for his absolute self-sufficiency and his ultimate sufficiency as the absolute Creator of the world. If God were a composite being then something other than the Godhead itself would be required to explain or account for God. If this were the case then God would not be most absolute and would not be able to adequately know or account for himself without reference to something other than himself. This book develops these arguments by examining the implications of divine simplicity for God's existence, attributes, knowledge, and will. Along the way there is extensive interaction with older writers, such as Thomas Aquinas and the Reformed scholastics, as well as more recent philosophers and theologians. An attempt is made to answer some of the currently popular criticisms of divine simplicity and to reassert the vital importance of continuing to confess that God is without parts, even in the modern philosophical-theological milieu.
Divine Simplicity
Divine Simplicity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Divine Simplicity write by Paul R. Hinlicky. This book was released on 2016-07-19. Divine Simplicity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A Fresh Articulation of the Unity of God This volume critiques various ways divine simplicity--which suggests God's being is identical to God's attributes--has shaped Christian theology and offers a fresh articulation of the unity of God. The author proposes that the concept of divine simplicity, carried over from the Greek metaphysical tradition, was heedlessly incorporated into the language of Christian trinitarian theology during the patristic period. He identifies numerous problems that have resulted from its retention in postpatristic Christian dogmatics, arguing that uncritical use of the concept renders the biblical God inexpressible and unknowable. This major contribution to contemporary trinitarian dogmatics also contains a unique approach to the problem of Christian-Muslim relations.
Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, and the Transformation of Divine Simplicity
Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, and the Transformation of Divine Simplicity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, and the Transformation of Divine Simplicity write by Andrew Radde-Gallwitz. This book was released on 2009-10. Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, and the Transformation of Divine Simplicity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Divine simplicity is the idea that, as the ultimate principle of the universe, God must be a non-composite unity not made up of parts or diverse attributes. Radde-Gallwitz explores how this idea was appropriated by early Christian theologians from non-Christian philosophy with particular reference to Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nyssa.
Divine Simplicity
Divine Simplicity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Divine Simplicity write by Steven J. Duby. This book was released on 2015-12-17. Divine Simplicity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Steven J. Duby examines the doctrine of divine simplicity. This discussion is centered around the three distinguishing features: grounding in biblical exegesis, use of Thomas Aquinas and the Reformed Orthodox; and the writings of modern systematic and philosophical theologians. Duby outlines the general history of the Christian doctrine of divine simplicity and discusses the methodological traits and essential contents of the dogmatic account. He substantiates the claims of the doctrine of divine simplicity by demonstrating that they are implied and required by the scriptural account of God. Duby considers how simplicity is inferred from God's singularity and aseity, as well as how it is inferred from God's immutability and infinity, and the Christian doctrine of creation. The discussion ends with the response to major objections to simplicity, namely that the doctrine does not pay heed to the plurality of the divine attributes, that it eradicates God's freedom in creating the world and acting toward us; and that it does not cohere with the personal distinctions to be made in the doctrine of the Trinity.
All That Is in God
All That Is in God - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook All That Is in God write by James E. Dolezal. This book was released on 2017-07-13. All That Is in God available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Unknown to many, increasing numbers of conservative evangelicals are denying basic tenets of classical Christian teaching about God, with departures occurring even among those of the Calvinistic persuasion. James E. Dolezal’s All That Is in God provides an exposition of the historic Christian position while engaging with these contemporary deviations. His convincing critique of the newer position he styles “theistic mutualism” is philosophically robust, systematically nuanced, and biblically based. It demonstrates the need to maintain the traditional viewpoint, particularly on divine simplicity, and spotlights the unfortunate implications for other important Christian doctrines—such as divine eternality and the Trinity—if it were to be abandoned. Arguing carefully and cogently that “all that is in God is God Himself,” the work is sure to stimulate debate on the issue in years to come.
