Models of God and Alternative Ultimate Realities
Dedicated to exploring the enormous variety of ultimate realities at the center of the world’s great religions and philosophical traditions, this volume is a richly varied collection of essays on how we conceive this central notion, whether expressed as God, or as an ultimate reality of another kind...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2013, 2013
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2013 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Forewords
- Introduction
- A. Conceptual Foundations
- 1. What is a model of ultimate reality?
- 2. Meta-theoretical questions about models of ultimate reality
- B. Specific Models of Ultimate Reality
- Overview of specific models; Ted Peters, James E. Taylor
- 1. Classical and neo-classical theism
- 2. Pantheism
- 3. Process theology
- 4. Open theism
- 5. Panentheism
- 6. Deism
- 7. Ground of being theology
- 8. Religious naturalism/naturalistic theism
- 9. Dualism
- 10. Polytheism
- 11. Communotheism
- 12. Via Negativa/apophatic tradition (against all models)
- 13. Skeptical or non-theistic views
- C. Diversity of Models of Ultimate Reality
- D. Practical Impacts of Models of Ultimate Reality
- References
- Index