Results 81 to 90 of about 18,945 (228)
, 2013 The traditional doctrine of divine omniscience ascribes to God the fully exercised power to know all truths. but why is God’s excellence with respect to knowing not treated on a par with his excellence with respect to doing, where the latter requires ...
Hunt, David P.
core +1 more source
In the Beginning was the Work: Donald MacKinnon’s Metaphysics after Lenin
Modern Theology, Volume 42, Issue 1, Page 210-236, January 2026.Abstract Donald MacKinnon expressed a distinctly realist and actualist metaphysic. One aspect of his metaphysics that is less frequently commented upon, however, is his reception of Vladimir Lenin. While not an unqualified admirer of Bolshevism, it is readily apparent that MacKinnon incorporated elements of Lenin’s philosophy and theories regarding ...
Khegan M. Delport, Dritëro Demjaha
wiley +1 more source
The Challenge of Theodicy and the Divine Access to the Universe [PDF]
, 2009 Any new attempt to cope with the problem of theodicy is forced to reinterpret and remodify the classic set of divine attributes. Classical monotheism, at least in the Christian or Islamic tradition, emphasizes the concept of God as a personal, almighty ...
Schärtl, Thomas
core +1 more source
The Extraordinary and the Ordinary: The Possibilities and Problems of Eberhard Jüngel’s Hermeneutics
Modern Theology, Volume 42, Issue 1, Page 66-81, January 2026.Abstract Eberhard Jüngel insists on the absolute transcendence of God and on human language as the vehicle for that transcendence. In doing so, he makes claims both about the power of language and the limits of humanity in relation to language. In exploring this tension, the essay will examine whether Jüngel successfully navigates the tension between ...
Deborah Casewell
wiley +1 more source
The Deconversion of Harriet Martineau: An Emotional History of Unbelief
Journal of Religious History, Volume 49, Issue 4, Page 455-476, December 2025.Conceptualising the ‘Victorian crisis of faith’ as a phenomenon fuelled by wider intellectual forces can only take us so far in our understanding of it. The loss of faith of many contemporaries did not merely entail an intellectual volte‐face, but also an affective impact. Scholarly accounts have been primarily written by privileging the role of ideas,
Petros Spanou
wiley +1 more source
Investigation and Analysis of the Philosophical Foundations of the Issue of Religious Realism and Non-Realism with Emphasis on Peter Byrne’s Point of View [PDF]
Pizhūhish/hā-yi Falsafī- KalāmīThis article, emphasizing Peter Byrne’s thought, one of the most important figures of contemporary religious philosophy, in addition to explaining his views on realism and non-realism as well as theism, religion, and theology, analyzes the philosophical ...
JAFAR shanazari, alireza Nahri
doaj +1 more source
Modified Gaunilo-Type Objections Against Modal Ontological Arguments [PDF]
, 2012 Modal ontological arguments are often claimed to be immune to the flqqperfect islandfrqq objection of Gaunilo, because necessary existence does not apply to material, contingent things.
Daniel, Chlastawa
core +1 more source
Theism in Historical Perspective [PDF]
, 2011 I will discuss some familiar problems in the philosophy of religion which arise for theistic belief. I will argue that it may be most worthwhile to focus on a particular sort of theistic belief, capital-T ’Theism’, central to which is a particular ...
Chappell, Timothy
core +1 more source
Acta TheologicaOpen theism argues that traditional responses to the problem of evil fail to provide comfort amidst suffering because of their notion of metaphysical determinism and over-dependence on Greek philosophy.
A.S. Antombikums
doaj +1 more source
An interlocutory engagement on Barth’s Shadow Side of Creation and Boyd’s Warfare Theodicy as it relates to the origin of natural evil [PDF]
Pharos Journal of Theology, 2020 Over recent years, renewed interest in the Theology of Karl Barth has emerged among Evangelicals. Barth’s Christocentric Theology seems to resonate with Evangelicals, especially with regards to Christ being the full and final revelation of God or Barth's
Prof. Godfrey Harold
doaj