Mark Wynn

God and Goodness

A Natural Theological Perspective

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Produktbeschreibung

"God and Goodness" takes the experience of value as a starting point for natural theology. Mark Wynn argues that theism offers our best understanding of the goodness of the world, especially its beauty and openness to the development of richer and more complex material forms. We also see that the world's goodness calls for a moral response: commitment to the goodness of the world represents a natural extension of the trust to which we aspire in our dealings with human beings.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis; Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 305g
• ISBN-13: 9780415862738
• ISBN-10: 0415862736
• Artikelnr.: 37314125

Autorenporträt

Mark Wynn is a lecturer in the Philosophy of Religion at the Australian Catholic University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part 1 The goodness of the world as its reason for existence
Chapter 1 Providence and beauty
Chapter 2 The world as a source of value
Part 2 Disvalues and the goodness of the world
Chapter 3 Providence and evil
Chapter 4 Theodicy in an ecological mode
Part 3 Moral commitment to the goodness of the world
Chapter 5 A non-epistemic case for trusting in the goodness of the world
Part 4 The goodness of the world and the concept of God
Chapter 6 Worship and the concept of God
Chapter 7 Salvation and the concept of God
Chapter 8 Conclusion

Rezensionen

'...a most attractive as well as quite a persuasive book.' - Hugo Meynell, The Heythrop Journal Vol. 42, No. 2, April 2001

'God and Goodness is a splendid, significant text' - Faith and Philosophy, Charles Taliaferro, January 2001

it 'provides the best defence of the design argument that is presently available' - Religious Studies, Marcel Sarcot, March 2001