God: A Brief History with a Cognitive Explanation of the Concept

The Christian concept of 'God' names a category with surprisingly heterogeneous contents. In the Old Testament traditions God is an anthropomorphic agent; in Christian theology God often appears as a personalized metaphysical principle; philosophers of religion try to find the inherent rat...

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1. VerfasserIn: Pyysiäinen, Ilkka 1959- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: [publisher not identified] 2005
In: Temenos
Jahr: 2005, Band: 41, Heft: 1, Seiten: 77-128
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Zusammenfassung:The Christian concept of 'God' names a category with surprisingly heterogeneous contents. In the Old Testament traditions God is an anthropomorphic agent; in Christian theology God often appears as a personalized metaphysical principle; philosophers of religion try to find the inherent rationality of this concept; finally, some natural scientists regard God as the "intelligent designer" of the world. What is common to all these ideas, covering a time span of about 2,500 years, is that representations of God are triggered by the perception of order and control in the world.
ISSN:2342-7256
Enthält:Enthalten in: Temenos
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.33356/temenos.4803