| A History of the Concept of God: A Process Approach Contributor(s): Dombrowski, Daniel a. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1438459378 ISBN-13: 9781438459370 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Philosophy - Philosophy | Religious - Religion | Comparative Religion |
| Dewey: 211.09 |
| LCCN: 2015008207 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (1.15 lbs) 280 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Daniel A. Dombrowski explores the history of the concept of God from the perspective of neoclassical, or process, theism. His neoclassical approach assuages the current crisis in philosophical theism, caught between a defense of classical theism and assertions of religious skepticism. Instead, the work offers Charles Hartshorne's notion of a God who always evolves, quite unlike the allegedly perfect figure of more traditional, and increasingly unsatisfactory, accounts. Dombrowski surveys the classical theists and their roots in ancient Greek philosophy before turning to contributions from the sixteenth through twentieth centuries, ultimately discussing twenty-three thinkers. The key figures in this history are Plato, who ironically provided the philosophical basis both for classical and neoclassical concepts, and three great figures in process theism: Henri Bergson, Alfred North Whitehead, and Hartshorne. The concept of God has a rich past; this book argues that it can have a rich future as well. |