Omnipotence and other theological mistakes

by Charles Hartshorne

Paper Book, 1984

Status

Available

Call number

BT102.H362 1984

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Publication

Albany : State University of New York, c1984.

Description

This book presents Hartshorne's philosophical theology briefly, simply, and vividly. Throughout the centuries some of the world's most brilliant philosophers and theologians have held and perpetuated six beliefs that give the word God a meaning untrue to its import in sacred writings or in active religious devotion: God is absolutely perfect and therefore unchangeable2.omnipotenc3.omniscienc4.God's unsympathetic goodness, 5.immortality as a career after death, and6.revelationble Charles Hartshorne deals with these six theological mistakes from the standpoint of his process theology. Hartshorne says, "The book is unacademic in so far as I am capable of being that." Only a master like Hartshorne could present such sophisticated ideas so simply. This book offers an option for religious belief not heretofore available to lay people.… (more)

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BT102.H362 1984

Physical description

xi, 144 p.; 24 cm

ISBN

0873957717 / 9780873957717

Barcode

31342000018019
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