God and the nature of time /
Is God temporal, 'in time, ' or atemporal, 'outside of time'? Garrett DeWeese begins with contemporary metaphysics and physics, developing a causal account of dynamic time. Drawing on biblical material as well as discussions of divine temporality in medieval and contemporary phil...
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Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate,
c2004.
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| Series: | Ashgate philosophy of religion series.
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Table of Contents:
- Metaphysics and physics. The metaphysics of time ; Physics and time
- Scripture and tradition. The evidence from Scripture ; The medieval consensus : God is atemporally eternal ; Atemporality : contemporary statements ; A medieval dissent : God is temporarily everlasting ; Temporality : contemporary statements
- Omnitemporal God. Omnitemporality ; Implications of omnitemporality.