God and the nature of time

Author(s)

    • DeWeese, Garrett J.

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God and the nature of time

Garrett J. DeWeese

(Ashgate philosophy of religion series)

Ashgate, c2004

  • : hbk

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Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-289) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Is God temporal, 'in time', or atemporal, 'outside of time'? Garrett DeWeese begins with contemporary metaphysics and physics, developing a causal account of dynamic time.A Drawing on biblical material as well as discussions of divine temporality in medieval and contemporary philosophical theology, DeWeese concludes that God is temporal but not in physical time as we measure it. Interacting with issues in the history of philosophy, contemporary philosophy of science, and philosophy of religion, this book offers students a thorough introduction to the key issues and key figures in historical and contemporary work on the philosophy of time and time in theology.

Table of Contents

  • Contents: Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part I Metaphysics and Physics: The metaphysics of time
  • Physics and time. Part II Scripture and Tradition: The evidence from scripture
  • The medieval consensus: God is atemporally eternal
  • Atemporality: contemporary statements
  • A medieval dissent: God is temporally everlasting
  • Temporality: contemporary statements. Part III Omnitemporal God: Omnitemporality
  • Implications of omnitemporality
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA78032483
  • ISBN
    • 075463518X
  • LCCN
    2003050034
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Aldershot
  • Pages/Volumes
    xii, 294 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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