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Similitude
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Posted 1/2/2006 11:47 AM (GMT -6)

Does anyone know of a really good book on the philosophy of religion? One that deals with a significant breadth of issues like process theology, aseity, foreknowledge, etc. from a PURELY philosophical basis?

Starkman
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Posted 1/3/2006 4:57 PM (GMT -6)

Okay, try Anne of Green Gables....no wait, Little House on the Prairie...no, that's not it either. Oh, hek, I can't remember the name of it!

Starkman

I AM SAM!

That's it!

My teacher used to say that whenever he read Scripture, he would always ask the question, "What does this have to say about the character of God?" Working off his thinking, as I read Scripture, I have come to ask, "What does this have to say about the heart and passion of God's desire for relationship for us?

Violin for God
Luke, I am your father. --Nooooooooo!!!!!

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Posted 1/3/2006 9:03 PM (GMT -6)

Alan said there is no one good book that covers what you specified, but here are his suggestions:

For Process Theology, there really hasn't been much in the mainstream philosophical literature regarding that topic, but there was an anthology called Process Theology about 25 years ago or so edited by Ronald Nash. You can probably find a used copy on amazon.

For aseity & other divine attributes, there's a book called The Divine Attributes by Hoffmann and Rosencranz, copyright @2002.

For divine foreknowledge: get Divine Foreknowledge: Four Views edited by James K. Beilby and Paul R. Eddy. It has contributions by Doc, David Hunt, Bill Craig, & Paul Helm.

[As Bill and Ted approach Socrates]:

Bill: "Yo Ted, say something profound, dude."

Ted: "Oh, yeah. Right. All we are...is dust in the wind dude."

Bill: ..."Dust".... "Wind" ... "Duuuude".

Socrates: (gasping in awe) "Like sands through the hour glass, so are the days of our lives."

Violin for God
Luke, I am your father. --Nooooooooo!!!!!

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Posted 1/3/2006 9:07 PM (GMT -6)

Starkman said...
Okay, try Anne of Green Gables....no wait, Little House on the Prairie...no, that's not it either. Oh, hek, I can't remember the name of it!

Starkman

I AM SAM!

That's it!

Yeah, Sam I am! (With surfer-slang) And dude, you know with omnipresence... remember that Sam dude who just wouldn't go away? Duuude!

[As Bill and Ted approach Socrates]:

Bill: "Yo Ted, say something profound, dude."

Ted: "Oh, yeah. Right. All we are...is dust in the wind dude."

Bill: ..."Dust".... "Wind" ... "Duuuude".

Socrates: (gasping in awe) "Like sands through the hour glass, so are the days of our lives."

Similitude
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Posted 1/3/2006 9:26 PM (GMT -6)

Thanks, VFG!! I'll check 'em out.

Violin for God
Luke, I am your father. --Nooooooooo!!!!!

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Posted 1/3/2006 9:34 PM (GMT -6)

Glad to help.

[As Bill and Ted approach Socrates]:

Bill: "Yo Ted, say something profound, dude."

Ted: "Oh, yeah. Right. All we are...is dust in the wind dude."

Bill: ..."Dust".... "Wind" ... "Duuuude".

Socrates: (gasping in awe) "Like sands through the hour glass, so are the days of our lives."

Starkman
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Total Posts : 1747

Posted 1/4/2006 2:42 PM (GMT -6)

Violin for God said...

Starkman said...
Okay, try Anne of Green Gables....no wait, Little House on the Prairie...no, that's not it either. Oh, hek, I can't remember the name of it!

Starkman

I AM SAM!

That's it!

Yeah, Sam I am! (With surfer-slang) And dude, you know with omnipresence... remember that Sam dude who just wouldn't go away? Duuude!

FINALLY! Someone who understands the depth of thinking into which I am so deeply submersed! It's so hard to find people who can relate to my intellect. Usually when I say, "I Am Sam," there's just a blank stare and then someone offers me some eggs and ham. Isn't it the least bit obvious that I, being who I am, as you well see, do not like ham?

Thank you. Thank you so much, VfG. Maybe now the rest of this board's occupance will take heart and treat me with a little respect. Particularly that Alan guy. Boy, there's a character for you. Hmph! Keep a close eye on him, VfG. Don't let him out of your site. (He probably likes ham, too!).

Ha!

Starkman

Similitude
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Posted 1/4/2006 9:37 PM (GMT -6)

BTW, have any of you guys read any of Richard Swinburne's stuff? If so, do you recommend it? And are there any books that systematically treat of the relationship of justice to God's love, etc?

Alan Rhoda
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Posted 1/4/2006 11:03 PM (GMT -6)

Hey Jeff,

Just an update on some of those book recommendations:

Here's an Amazon link for Nash's "Process Theology". It has a number of essays by Christian philosophers it in.
www.amazon.com/gp/product/0801067480/qid=1136433012/sr=1-9/ref=sr_1_9/102-7234723-8667305?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Nash also has a book entitled "The Concept of God". It's a bit outdated, but is still available and should not be too difficult to read.
www.amazon.com/gp/product/0310451418/qid=1136432688/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/102-7234723-8667305?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Hoffman and Rosenkrantz's book "The Divine Attributes" is much more up to date. It's also more difficult reading.
www.amazon.com/gp/product/0631211543/qid=1136433277/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-7234723-8667305?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Richard Swinburne's "The Coherence of Theism" is another important book on God's attributes. It's also a tough read, as is all of Swinburne's stuff.
www.amazon.com/gp/product/0198240708/ref=pd_sim_b_2/102-7234723-8667305?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155

As for Swinburne on the relation of justice to God's love, I'd try his "Providence and the Problem of Evil".
www.amazon.com/gp/product/0198237987/qid=1136433664/sr=1-6/ref=sr_1_6/102-7234723-8667305?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Regards,
Alan

Similitude
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Posted 1/5/2006 8:21 AM (GMT -6)

Thanks, Alan!! Do you think Swinburne's book on the problem of evil is pretty accurate in approach?

Violin for God
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Posted 1/7/2006 2:50 AM (GMT -6)

Jeff, he hasn't read that book yet. sombrero-smiley2

[As Bill and Ted approach Socrates]:

Bill: "Yo Ted, say something profound, dude."

Ted: "Oh, yeah. Right. All we are...is dust in the wind dude."

Bill: ..."Dust".... "Wind" ... "Duuuude".

Socrates: (gasping in awe) "Like sands through the hour glass, so are the days of our lives."

Similitude
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Posted 1/7/2006 8:56 AM (GMT -6)

Thanks, VFG!

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Posted 2/14/2006 1:25 AM (GMT -6)

For a good book on a Process Philosophy of Religion I would encourage you to check out David Ray Griffin's Reenchantment Without Supernaturalism

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0801486572/sr=8-1/qid=1139898217/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5330907-5136712?%5Fencoding=UTF8

That is all.

"From an infallible God to an infallible book (to an infallible reader of the book?) is a gigantic step. For many of us it is a step from rational faith to idolatry."
~Charles Hartshorne

Similitude
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Posted 2/17/2006 5:10 PM (GMT -6)

Thanks, Paul!

Post Edited (jefscott) : 2/17/2006 4:59:38 PM (GMT-6)

seriously?
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Posted 4/11/2006 7:29 PM (GMT -6)

This doesn't regard process philosophy or that of religion, but it is a very fast paced fun philosophy book (which can be rare): The Philosophy Gym

Similitude
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Posted 4/16/2006 8:39 PM (GMT -6)

Thanks, Seriously!

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