On the Nature and Existence of God

This influential book evaluates the arguments for the existence and nature of God that emerged in the late twentieth century.

Richard M. Gale (Author)

9781316507100, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 26 August 2016

346 pages
22.8 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.49 kg

'On the Nature and Existence of God was first published in 1991 and it is still a valuable contribution to the philosophy of religion. It deals with important questions concerning the philosophical and theological adequacy of a particular concept of God (that of classical theism).' Benedikt Paul Göcke, Reading Religion

First published in 1991, Richard M. Gale's classic book is a response to and critique of new, contemporary arguments for the existence of God from analytical philosophers. Considering concepts including time, free will, personhood, actuality and the objectivity of experience, Gale evaluates the new versions of cosmological, ontological, pragmatic and religious experience arguments that emerged in the late-twentieth century. Presented in a fresh twenty-first-century series livery, and including a specially commissioned preface written by Paul K. Moser, illuminating its enduring importance and relevance to philosophical enquiry, this influential work has been revived for a new generation of readers.

Preface to this edition Paul K. Moser
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I. Atheological Arguments: 1. Atheology and the nature of God
2. The creation - immutability argument
3. The omniscience - immutability argument
4. The deductive argument from evil
5. The argument from world-relative actuality
Part II. Theological Arguments: 6. Ontological arguments
7. Cosmological arguments
8. Religious-experience arguments
9. Pragmatic arguments
Notes
Index.

Subject Areas: Philosophy of religion [HRAB]