Developmental Theism From Pure Will to Unbounded Love

Name: Developmental Theism From Pure Will to Unbounded Love
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ISBN: 9780199214587

ISBN-10: 0199214581

ISBN-13: 9780199214587

Edition: 2007

Authors: Peter Forrest

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This is a work of speculative theology based on three themes: that a version of materialism is a help not a hindrance in philosophical theology; that God develops; and that this development is on the whole kenotic, in other words an abandonment of power.Peter Forrest argues that the resulting kenotic theism might well be correct. He claims that his hypothesis concerning God is better than known rival hypotheses, including atheism, and that if there is no unknown better hypothesis it is good enough to be believed. In the Introduction he offers a defense of the type of metaphysical speculation on which his thesis rests. Elsewhere in the book he defends his 'moderate materialism', expounds the…

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List price: $60.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/15/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.836

Peter Forrest is adjunct professor of philosophy in the School of Humanities at the University of New England, Armidale. His previous books include The Dynamics of Belief, Quantum Metaphysics, God without the Supernatural, and Developmental Theism.



Introduction



Overview



Theism, Simplicity, and Properly Anthropocentric Metaphysics



Materialism and Dualism



The Power, Knowledge, and Motives of the Primordial God



The Existence of the Primordial God



God Changes



Understanding Evil



The Trinity



The Incarnation


Concluding Remarks


Bibliography


Index