This book is unified by three broad concerns: the rationality of belief in God, the relation between religion and morality, and the explication of the concept of God. The essays are, however, marked by diversity. Some focus on historical figures, such as Aquinas and Locke; other…
This book is unified by three broad concerns: the rationality of belief in God, the relation between religion and morality, and the explication of the concept of God. The essays are, however, marked by diversity. Some focus on historical figures, such as Aquinas and Locke; other…
1. Introduction -- 2. Theistic optimalism -- 3. Theistic optimalism and the Christian tradition -- 4. Theistic optimalism and divine aseity -- 5. Theistic optimalism and divine thankworthiness -- 6. Theistic optimalism and modal collapse -- 7. Theistic optimalism and theistic co…
"The idea that God, as the most perfect being, creates the best possible world necessarily, is often under-acknowledged by contemporary theologians and philosophers of religion. This book clearly demonstrates the rationale for what Justin Daeley terms theistic optimalism and int…
