Prospects for Panentheism as Research Program

Panentheism is best understood as a philosophical research program. Identifying the core of the research program offers a strong response to the demarcation objection. It also helps focus both objections to and defenses of panentheism - and to show why common objections are not actually criticisms o...

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Subtitles:Theme: Analytic theology and the nature of God
Main Author: Clayton, Philip 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham [2019]
In: European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 11, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-18
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Panentheism / Research program
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
NBC Doctrine of God
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Summary:Panentheism is best understood as a philosophical research program. Identifying the core of the research program offers a strong response to the demarcation objection. It also helps focus both objections to and defenses of panentheism - and to show why common objections are not actually criticisms of the position we are defending. The paper also addresses two common criticisms: the alleged inadequacy of panentheism's double "in" specification of the relationship between God and world, and the "double God" objection. Once the research program framework is in place, topics like these become opportunities for panentheists to engage in the kind of careful constructive work in theology and philosophy - historical, analytic, and systematic - that is required for making long-term, positive contributions to our field.
Contains:Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.v11i1.2619