On Counting Gods
Our standard scheme for describing and classifying different sorts of religious belief, the trichotomy monotheism-polytheism-atheism, is confused and confusing. In this paper I display some of the confusions and work out a better conceptual scheme, analyzing the concepts deity, god, and ultimate. I...
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Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Presses Universitaires de Louvain, Université Catholique de Louvain
[2017]
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TheoLogica
Jahr: 2017, Band: 1, Heft: 1, Seiten: 188-213 |
RelBib Classification: | AB Religionsphilosophie; Religionskritik; Atheismus NBC Gotteslehre |
weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Theism
B Atheism B Deities B Polytheism B Monotheism B Religions |
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Zusammenfassung: | Our standard scheme for describing and classifying different sorts of religious belief, the trichotomy monotheism-polytheism-atheism, is confused and confusing. In this paper I display some of the confusions and work out a better conceptual scheme, analyzing the concepts deity, god, and ultimate. I then suggest a conservatively revised terminology, discuss historical precedents for this, and show how my suggestions clarify various problems of classification. |
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ISSN: | 2593-0265 |
Enthält: | Enthalten in: TheoLogica
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.14428/thl.v1i1.153 |