Conditions for Coherence: Logical Possibility -- Conditions for Coherence: Metaphysical Possibility -- The Words of Theology: 1. Words with Old and New Senses -- The Words of Theology: 2. Medieval and Modern Accounts -- Attitude Theories -- An Omnipresent Spirit -- Free and Crea…
"The Coherence of Theism investigates what it means, and whether it is coherent, to say that there is a God. Richard Swinburne concludes that despite philosophical objections, most traditional claims about God are coherent (that is, do not involve contradictions); and although s…
The claim that God is timeless has been the majority view throughout church history. However, it is not obvious that divine timelessness is compatible with fundamental Christian doctrines such as creation and incarnation. Theologians have long been aware of the conflict between …
Die biblische Rede vom lebendigen Gott ist ohne göttliches Handeln in der Geschichte mitten unter uns undenkbar. In den modernen Wissenschaftsdiskurs ist eine Rede vom Handeln Gottes jedoch nur schwer zu integrieren. Hier setzt dieser Band an. Er enthält neben Beiträgen aus vers…
Renowned pastor-theologian Gregory A. Boyd proposes a revolutionary way to read the Bible in this epic but accessible study. His "cruciform hermeneutic" stands as a challenge to the field of biblical studies and to all thoughtful Christians. A dramatic tension confronts every Ch…
"Ray L. Hart offers a radical speculative theology that profoundly challenges classical understandings of the divine. God Being Nothing contests the conclusions of numerous orthodoxies through a probing question: How can thinking of God reach closure when the subjects of creatio…
In this long-awaited work, Ray L. Hart offers a radical speculative theology that profoundly challenges classical understandings of the divine. God Being Nothing contests the conclusions of numerous orthodoxies through a probing question: How can thinking of God reach closure wh…
The three authors of this study are all critical realists by philosophical persuasion. They explore religious experience as a justifiable reason for religious belief and demonstrate that the three pillars of critical realism can be applied to religion as to any other belief or t…
Atheism as a belief does not have to present intellectual credentials within academia. Yet to hold beliefs means giving reasons for doing so, ones which may be found wanting. Instead, atheism is the automatic default setting within the academic world. Conversely, religious belie…
