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Karl Barth's Critique of Classical Theism
Toronto Journal of Theology, 2002"Classical theism" designates an understanding of God in which God has no need of the world and is not internally related to it. In classical theism, God's joy is not increased by the world's beauty or diminished by its pain. God's being is perfectly and fully actualized apart from the world. Any alternation would only decrease it.
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The Personal God of Classical Theism
2018It is common among contemporary theologians and philosophers to suppose that the God of the Bible is radically different from the God of the philosophers. The God of the philosophers is generally understood to be the God of classical theism, whose standard divine attributes are those paradigmatically given by the great medieval philosophers of the ...
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Classical Theism and Global Supervenience Physicalism
1998Could a classical theist be a physicalist? Although a negative answer to this question may seem obvious, it turns out that a case can be made for the consistency of a variant of classical theism and global supervenience physicalism. Although intriguing, the case ultimately fails due to the weakness of global supervenience as an account of the ...
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CLASSICAL THEISM AND THE ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT
This paper provides a critical analysis of the ontological argument for the existence of God, one of the most fascinating and contentious proofs in the history of philosophy and theology. The analysis begins by establishing the argument's contemporary relevance, citing the renewed debate sparked by figures such as Charles Hartshorne and J.N.openaire +1 more source
CLASSICAL THEISM AND THE COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT
This paper provides a critical examination of the cosmological argument for the existence of God within the framework of classical theism. It begins by outlining the standard version of the argument, particularly as formulated by Thomas Aquinas, focusing on the concepts of contingency, necessity, causality, and the 'Unmoved Mover'.openaire +1 more source

