Religious Epistemology Personified: God without Natural Theology

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Blackwell Companion to Science and Christianity
PublisherJohn Wiley and Sons
Pages151-161
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)9781444335712
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 19 2012
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • General Arts and Humanities

Keywords

  • Aquinas's cosmological argument, as that of efficient causation
  • Existence-affirming, existence-guaranteeing concepts, of a perfect being
  • God's existence, basis of natural sources of human knowledge
  • Jewish-Christian God, agape, as in the self-giving of Jesus
  • Natural theology and God
  • Ontological arguments, divine elusiveness challenging all others
  • Personal God, and fellowship with humans on divine terms
  • Religious epistemology personified, god without a natural theology
  • The Jewish-Christian God, a personal agent worthy of worship
  • Theological beliefs, independent of Scripture

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