The coherence of theism
By: Richard Swinburne.
Series: Clarendon library of logic and philosophy
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Oxford [Eng.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
Subjects: God -- Attributes; Language and languages -- Religious aspects
First sentence: By a theist I understand a man who believes that there is a God.
Description: A philosophical analysis of the coherence of claims made about a spirit that is eternal, free, able to do anything, knows everything, is perfectly good, is the proper object of human worship and obedience, and is the creator and sustainer of the universe (i.e., God).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: label: 1
title: Introduction
pagenum: 1; title: Part I.  Religious Language; label: 2
title: Conditions for Coherence-(1)
pagenum: 11; label: 3
title: Conditions for Coherence-(2)
pagenum: 30; label: 4
title: The Words of Theology-(1) Words with Old and New Senses
pagenum: 50; label: 5
title: The Words of Theology-(2) Medieval and Modern Accounts
pagenum: 72; label: 6
title: Attitude Theories
pagenum: 85; title: Part II. A Contingent God; label: 7
title: An Omnipresent Spirit
pagenum: 97; label: 8
title: Free and Creator of the Universe
pagenum: 126; label: 9
title: Omnipotent
pagenum: 149; label: 10
title: Omniscient
pagenum: 162; label: 11
title: Perfectly Good and a Source of Moral Obligation
pagenum: 179; label: 12
title: Eternal and Immutable
pagenum: 210; title: Part III. A Necessary God; label: 13
title: Kinds of Neccessity
pagenum: 233; label: 14
title: A Necessary Being
pagenum: 254; label: 15
title: Holy and Worthy of Worship
pagenum: 281; title: Index
pagenum: 299