Omnipotence and Other Theological Mistakes
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (722 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0873957717 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A word on what process theology is" according to Michael Ham. To give you an idea of the underlying assumptions of this book, let me quote a definition of process philosophy:PROCESS PHILOSOPHY, a speculative world view which asserts that basic reality is constantly in a process of flux and change. Indeed, reality is identified with pure process. Concepts such as creativity, freedom, novelty, emergence, and growth are fundamental explanatory categories for process philosophy. This metaphysical perspective is to be contrasted with a philosophy of substance, the view that a fixed and permanent re. A pleasure to read If you read theology for fun, this is the book for you! Hartshorne is often convincing but always interesting. He knows his subject and presents it well. His writing style is clear and does not require that the reader have a strong background. I have only two reservations. The first is that his arguments are occasionally summaries of points he makes in greater detail elsewhere, and so he is a little less convincing here, and that no one should read this book at night if they have to get up early the next day. Insomniacs beware!On th. Amazon Customer said Five Stars. Packs a great punch.
Donald W. He cares, and that caring comes through loud and clear. Sherburne" . Hartshorne speaks with not just conviction, but passion. By and large Hartshorne is a very abstract thinker, but this book has a very concrete concern with practical issues of importance to all thinking persons abortion, environment, love, creationism and fundamentalism as negative forces in our society, nuclear arms, how to read the Bible, birds and animals in their relation to humans, etc
This book offers an opinion for religious belief not heretofore available to lay people.. revelation as indefallible.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. immortality as a career after death,6. God is absolutely perfect and therefore unchangeable,2. omniscience,4. omnipotence,3. God's unsympathetic goodness,5. 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 untr