Catholicism and the Problem of God

Mark K. Spencer (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

75 Seiten

2023
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-46791-9 (ISBN)

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This Element is an overview of the Catholic conception of God and of philosophical problems regarding God that arose during its historical development. It focuses on tensions among different Catholic spiritualities, and on problems having to do with analogical language about God and human desire for God.

This Element is an overview of the Catholic conception of God and of philosophical problems regarding God that arose during its historical development. After summarizing key Catholic doctrines, the first section considers problems regarding God that arose because Catholicism originally drew on both Jewish and Greek conceptions of God. The second section turns to controversies regarding God as Trinitarian and incarnate, which arose in early church councils, with reference to how that conception developed during the Middle Ages. In the third section, the author considers problems regarding God's actions towards creatures, including creation, providence, predestination, and the nature of divine action in itself. Finally, the last section considers problems regarding how we relate to God. The Element focuses on tensions among different Catholic spiritualities, and on problems having to do with analogical language about God and human desire for God.

1. The basic catholic conception of God and its Jewish and Greek inheritance; 2. Trinitarian and incarnational controversies; 3. Problems with God's relations to creatures; 4. Problems with human approaches to God; References; Abbreviations.

Erscheinungsdatum	14.11.2023
Reihe/Serie	Elements in the Problems of God
Zusatzinfo	Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	275 g
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10	1-009-46791-3 / 1009467913
ISBN-13	978-1-009-46791-9 / 9781009467919
Zustand	Neuware