Eighteen takes on God : a short guide for those who are still perplexed / Leslie Stevenson.

Who is God? How should we think about the concept of God? How have religions defined and altered conceptions of God over the ages? Are modern conceptions of God so different from our ancestors'? Philosopher Leslie Stevenson here offers 18 short and lively takes on God to help orient readers to...

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Main Author: Stevenson, Leslie (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.
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505 0 |a The old man in the sky? -- The omnipresent person -- The unchangeable necessary being -- Negative (apophatic) theology -- Truth, goodness, and beauty -- Pantheism -- Deism -- The God who changes and acts -- Instrumentalism -- Reductionism -- Postmodernism -- Relativism -- Wittgensteinian Christianity -- Religious experience -- The eternal thou -- Moral faith -- Forgiveness and grace -- The inward light. 
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