God and time
The God of Western religion is said to be eternal. But what does that mean? Is God somehow beyond time, living a life that does not involve one thing after another? Or is God's relationship to time much more like ours, so that God's eternality just consists in there being no time at which...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2019
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| Dans: | Année: 2019 |
| Collection/Revue: | Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of religion
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| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Christianisme
/ Dieu
/ Temps
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| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
God (Christianity)
Eternity
B Time ; Religious aspects ; Christianity B God (Christianity) ; Eternity B Time Religious aspects Christianity |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Édition parallèle: | Électronique
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| Résumé: | The God of Western religion is said to be eternal. But what does that mean? Is God somehow beyond time, living a life that does not involve one thing after another? Or is God's relationship to time much more like ours, so that God's eternality just consists in there being no time at which God doesn't exist? Even for non-believers, these issues have interesting implications for the relation between historical and scientific findings on the one hand, and religion on the other. This Element introduces the reader to the requisite metaphysical background, and then examines reasons for and against thinking of God as timeless |
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| Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Dec 2018) |
| ISBN: | 1108653170 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/9781108653176 |