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How Anthropomorphic is your G-O-D?
Confession time: for most of my parochial ministry, I was a theistic personalist, to use the term coined by Brian Davies. “Egads! Tell me that’s not true.” “Yes, I’m afraid so.” “But what is a theistic personalist?” “Someone who espouses … Continue reading
Perfect Being Theology, Theistic Personalism, and the Eclipse of the Apophatic
Readers of this blog will by now be well-acquainated with the term “theistic personalism.” It was coined by Brian Davies to describe what he believes to be a problematic understanding of divinity, commonly advanced by analytic philosophers. He specifically names … Continue reading
Dionysian Ponderings: Beyond the Beyond … and then Beyond
“Dionysius adopts the doctrine of God as ‘nameless,’ ‘unknowable,’ and ‘beyond being’ from the Neoplatonic tradition established by Plotinus,” writes Eric Perl, “and his thought can be understood only in that context” (Theophany, p. 13). We will need to revisit … Continue reading
Thomas Aquinas, Eleonore Stump, and the Maverick Philosopher: Is God “a” being among beings?
Is God a being among beings? It seems like the kind of question that only a fussy scholastic might worry about. Christians typically speak of God as if he were a being. We tell stories about him. We proclaim his … Continue reading
Revisiting God and Odin: Classical Theism versus Theistic Personalism
When I wrote my “God is Not Odin …” it quickly became one of Eclectic Orthodoxy’s most frequently viewed articles, and I’m delighted that the reblog has also generated interest, presumably among those who missed it the first go-around. For … Continue reading
If God is Being, does prayer make sense?
In a recent article, Roger Olson contrasts his own “biblical” understanding of God as a personal being, albeit “the greatest of all beings, transcendently surpassing in greatness and glory all creatures,” with the traditional understanding of God as Being itself, infinite, … Continue reading
To Be or Not to Be: The A-being god of Theistic Personalists
Is God a being among beings? It seems like the kind of question that only a fussy scholastic might worry about. Popular Christian discourse commonly speak of God as if he were a being. We tell stories about him. We … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin Farrer, being, Bill Vallicella, Dale Tuggy, divine transcendence, God, natural theology, theistic personalism
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