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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783462003321

Autore

Everitt Nicholas <1943-, >

Titolo

The non-existence of God / / Nicholas Everitt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

0-88946-905-9

1-134-41898-1

1-134-41899-X

0-415-30106-8

1-280-07541-4

0-203-64378-X

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (211 pages)

Collana

Toronto Studies in Theology ; ; 1.

Disciplina

212.1

Soggetti

Atheism

God - Proof

Faith and reason

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part 1 Reasoning about God -- The central role of the existence of God -- chapter The claim that it is wrong to appeal to reason -- chapter The variety of reasons -- chapter 2 Reformed Epistemology -- chapter The alternative view proposed by Reformed Epistemology -- chapter Assessment -- chapter 3 Ontological arguments -- chapter 4 Cosmological arguments -- part Can there be an infinity of past causes? -- chapter Does the Big Bang theory help the First Cause argument? -- chapter The Argument from Contingency -- part 5 Teleological arguments -- chapter The argument from order as such -- chapter The relevance of Darwin -- chapter Criticisms of Darwin -- chapter 6 Arguments to and from miracles -- chapter Assessment of Hume’s argument -- chapter 7 God and morality -- chapter 8 Religious experience -- chapter Swinburne’s additions -- chapter Can there be privately perceivable objects? -- part A more liberal conception of experience? -- chapter 9 Naturalism, evolution and rationality -- part 10 Prudential arguments -- chapter Pascal’s Wager -- part 11 Arguments from scale -- chapter The argument from scale -- chapter



12 Problems about evil -- chapter The free will defence -- chapter 13 Omnipotence -- chapter The concept of omnipotence -- part 16 Conclusion -- chapter 14 Eternity and omnipresence -- part 16 Conclusion -- chapter 15 Omniscience -- chapter Can God know the truth of indexicals? -- part 16 Conclusion -- chapter 16 Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

A series of essays on aspects of Tillich's thought considered to be representative of more fundamental problems endemic to Christian theology. The author argues that Tillich's thought is actually closer to traditional Christian thought, especially that of Thomas Aquinas.