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Panentheism and Classical Theism

Sophia, 2012
Panentheism seems to be an attractive alternative to classical theism. It is not clear, though, what exactly panentheism asserts and how it relates to classical theism. By way of clarifying the thesis of panentheism, I argue that panentheism and classical theism differ only as regards the modal status of the world.
Benedikt Paul Gocke
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The God of classical theism and the doctrine of the Incarnation

International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 1994
The tradition of classical theism (CT) from Augustine to Aquinas developed a philosophical theology which posited for God a knowledge of the world that Aristotle's first unmoved mover arguably lacked. Yet this timelessly eternal God was still viewed as essentially simple and immutable.
Charles J Kelly
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The Neo‐Classical Challenge to Classical Theism

Philosophy Compass, 2022
The classical theist tradition represented by thinkers like Anselm and Aquinas predicates several remarkable attributes of God, most notably simplicity or lack of parts of any kind. Neo‐classical theists have recently developed several lines of criticism of these attributes.
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Classical Theism and Pantheism: a Victory for Process Theism?

Religious Studies, 1977
In Anselm's Discovery, Professor Hartshorne makes the rather startling and (I think) counterintuitive claim that ‘…there is indeed no issue between theism and pantheism. We all exist in the divine being, as St Paul said.’1 Classical or orthodox theists, it seems eminently fair to say, can be expected to recoil from any such suggestion with more than a ...
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Classical theism and the multiverse

International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 2019
Some analytic philosophers of religion argue that theists should embrace the hypothesis of the multiverse to address the problem of evil and make the concept of a “best possible creation” plausible. I discuss what classical theists, such as Augustine, Anselm, and Aquinas, might make of the multiverse hypothesis including issues such as: the principle ...
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Free Will and Classical Theism

1970
Theologie und Philosophie, Bd. 93 Nr.
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