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Two questions regarding contemporary theological and philosophical studies are often overlooked: ""Is God infinite or finite?"" and, ""What does it mean to say that God is infinite?"" In The Infinity of God, Benedikt Paul Goecke and Christian Tapp bring together prominent scholars to discuss God's infinitude from philosophical and theological perspectives. Each contributor deals with a particular aspect of the infinity of God, employing the methods of analytic theology and analytic philosophy. The essays in the first section examine historical issues from a systematic point of view. The contributors focus on the Cappadocian Fathers, Thomas Aquinas, Leibniz, Kant, Hegel, Bolzano, and Cantor. The second section deals with particular issues concerning the relation between God's infinity and both the finitude of the world and the classical attributes of God: eternity, simplicity, omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and moral perfection. There are some books that deal with the notion of infinity in mathematics and in general philosophy, but no single text brings together the best analytic philosophers and theologians tackling the various aspects of the infinity of God and the correlated problems. This book will interest students and scholars in philosophy of religion, theology, and metaphysics. Contributors: Benedikt Paul Goecke, Christian Tapp, Franz Krainer, Adam Drosdek, William E. Carroll, Christina Schneider, Ruben Schneider, Robert M. Wallace, Bruce A. Hedman, Bernhard Lang, Richard Swinburne, Kenneth L. Pearce, William Hasker, Paul Helm, Brian Leftow, Ken Perszyk, Thomas Schartl, and Philip Clayton.

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Author:   Benedikt Paul Göcke ,  Christian Tapp
Publisher:   University of Notre Dame Press
Imprint:   University of Notre Dame Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.765kg
ISBN:  

9780268104139

ISBN 10:   0268104131
Pages:   444
Publication Date:   30 December 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: The Infinity of God Benedikt Paul Göcke and Christian Tapp Part 1. Historical Approaches to the Infinity of God 2. The Concept of the Infinity of God in Ancient Greek Thought Franz Krainer 3. Infinity in Augustine’s Theology Adam Drosdek 4. Aquinas on Creation and the Analogy of Infinity William E. Carroll 5. Spinoza and Leibniz on the Absolute and Its Infinity – A Case-Study Christina Schneider 6. Kant and the Infinity of Reason Ruben Schneider 7. Infinity and Spirit: How Hegel Integrates Science and Religion, and Nature and the Supernatural Robert M. Wallace 8. Divine Infinity according to Bernard Bolzano Christian Tapp 9. Cantor and the Infinity of God Bruce Hedman Part 2. Systematic Approaches to the Infinity of God 10. God Almighty. Divine Power and Authority in the Biblical Period Bernhard Lang 11. God’s Omnipotence Richard Swinburne 12. Infinite Power and Finite Powers Kenny L. Pearce 13. Infinite God, Open Future William Hasker 14. Infinity and God's Atemporality Paul Helm 15. Infinite Goodness Brian Leftow 16. Divine Infinity and Personhood Ken Perszyk 17. Divine Infinity and the Trinity Thomas Schärtl 18. (A)symmetries between God and World: Process Philosophy, Postmodern Theology, and the Two Families of Infinity Arguments Philip Clayton 19. The Quantitative and the Qualitative Infinity of God Benedikt Paul Göcke About the Contributors Index

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There has been increasing philosophical interest in divine infinity in the past decade, and there is no extant collection of philosophical essays on this subject. Benedikt Paul Goecke and Christian Tapp succeed in bringing together a diverse range of high quality scholarly treatments of questions about divine infinity, making the work accessible to a wide audience. - Graham Oppy, author of Philosophical Perspectives on Infinity

There has been increasing philosophical interest in divine infinity in the past decade, and there is no extant collection of philosophical essays on this subject. Benedikt Paul G cke and Christian Tapp succeed in bringing together a diverse range of high quality scholarly treatments of questions about divine infinity, making the work accessible to a wide audience. --Graham Oppy, author of Philosophical Perspectives on Infinity This is a highly stimulating volume. Benedikt Paul G cke and Christian Tapp are to be congratulated on providing such a diversity of perspectives on the infinity of God. --Stephen Priest, University of Oxford

There has been increasing philosophical interest in divine infinity in the past decade, and there is no extant collection of philosophical essays on this subject. Benedikt Paul G cke and Christian Tapp succeed in bringing together a diverse range of high quality scholarly treatments of questions about divine infinity, making the work accessible to a wide audience. --Graham Oppy, author of Philosophical Perspectives on Infinity

Author Information

Benedikt Paul Göcke is professor of philosophy of science and philosophy of religion at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and a member of the Faculty of Theology and Religion at Oxford University. He is the author of A Theory of the Absolute and editor of After Physicalism (University of Notre Dame Press, 2012). Christian Tapp is professor of philosophy and chair of interdisciplinary questions in philosophy and theology at Ruhr-Universität Bochum. He currently holds the Endowed Professorship for Christian Philosophy of the Gedächtnisstiftung Peter Kaiser (1793–1864) at the University of Innsbruck. He is the author of Kardinalität und Kardinäle and the co-editor of God, Eternity, and Time.

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