The puzzle of God
By: Peter Vardy
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Fount
Published: 1999
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780006281436
Subjects: God; Religion; Philosophy
Description: "Most people think they know what 'believing in God' means but, as we begin to think more carefully, we discover that this is a far from simple concept. There are many views about 'God'; some of which we may have accepted or rejected without knowing where they have come from. The Puzzle of God explores different ideas of God and their origins, and then shows the effect of these ideas on religious beliefs such as eternal life, prayer, miracles, omnipotence and omniscience."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Previous edition: 1995.
Table of contents: title: Letter to the Reader.; title: Sect. 1.; title: Philosophic Background.-- p. 1.; title: 1.; title: Unicorns, Numbers and God.-- p. 3.; title: 2.; title: What is Truth?.-- p. 7.; title: 3.; title: Background to the Debate about God.-- p. 16.; title: Sect. 2.; title: Different Models of God.-- p. 29.; title: 4.; title: Wholly Simple God -- a Realist View.-- p. 31.; title: 5.; title: Everlasting, Suffering God -- a Realist View.-- p. 43.; title: 6.; title: God as a Reality within a Religious Form of Life -- the Anti-Realist View.-- p. 50.; title: Sect. 3.; title: Problem of Reference.-- p. 65.; title: 7.; title: Cosmological Argument.-- p. 67.; title: 8.; title: Ontological Argument.-- p. 81.; title: 9.; title: Design Argument.-- p. 95.; title: 10.; title: Argument from Religious Experience.-- p. 112.; title: 11.; title: Reformed Epistemology.-- p. 132.; title: 12.; title: Answering the Anti-Realist Challenge.-- p. 138.; title: Sect. 4.; title: God's Power and Knowledge.-- p. 143.; title: 13.; title: Omnipotence.-- p. 145.; title: 14.; title: Omniscience.-- p. 158.; title: Sect. 5.; title: God's Action.-- p. 169.; title: 15.; title: Petitionary Prayer.-- p. 171.; title: 16.; title: Praying for Forgiveness.-- p. 189.; title: 17.; title: Miracles.-- p. 202.; title: 18.; title: Eternal Life.-- p. 218.; title: Sect. 6.; title: Postscript.-- p. 235.; title: And so ..-- p. 237.; title: Suggested Further Reading.-- p. 244.