Unknown - Classical Theism (Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion)

This volume provides a contemporary account of classical theism. It features 17 original essays from leading scholars that advance the discussion of classical theism in new and interesting directions.

Its safe to say that classical theismthe view that God is simple, omniscient, and the greatest possible beingis no longer the assumed view in the analytic philosophy of religion. It is often dismissed as being rooted in outdated metaphysical systems of the sort advanced by ancient and medieval philosophers. The main purpose of this volume is twofold: to provide a contemporary account of what classical theism is and to advance the scholarly discussion about classical theism. In contains chapters on a variety of topics, such as whether classical theisms doctrine of simplicity needs revision, whether simplicity is compatible with the Christian doctrine of the Incarnation, and whether the hypothesis of a multiplicity of divine ideas is consistent with divine simplicity, among others.

Classical Theism will appeal to scholars and advanced students in the philosophy of religion who are interested in the nature of God.

Jonathan Fuqua is an assistant professor of philosophy at Conception Seminary College, USA. He specializes in the philosophy of religion, ethics, and epistemology. He is the co-editor of Faith and Reason (2019) and The Cambridge Handbook to Religious Epistemology (forthcoming). His articles have appeared in such places as the Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, American Philosophical Quarterly, Synthese, and Philosophia.

Robert C. Koons is a professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. He specializes in logic, metaphysics, and the philosophy of religion. He is the author of Paradoxes of Belief and Strategic Rationality (1992) and Realism Regained (2000), co-author of Metaphysics: The Fundamentals (2015) and The Atlas of Reality (2017), and the co-editor of The Waning of Materialism (2010) and Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on the Philosophy of Science (Routledge, 2017).

Cosmological Fine-Tuning Arguments

What (If Anything) Should We Infer from the Fine-Tuning of Our Universe for Life?

Jason Waller

Ubuntu and Western Monotheism

An Axiological Investigation

Kirk Lougheed

The Divine Nature

Personal and A-Personal Perspectives

Edited by Simon Kittle and Georg Gasser

Philosophical Essays on Divine Causation

Edited by Gregory E. Ganssle

Aquinas on Faith, Reason, and Charity

Roberto Di Ceglie

A Philosophy of Faith

Belief, Truth, and Varieties of Commitment

Finlay Malcolm and Michael Scott

Value Beyond Monotheism

The Axiology of the Divine

Edited by Kirk Lougheed

God, Evil, and Redeeming Good

A Thomistic Theodicy

Paul A. Macdonald Jr.

Classical Theism

New Essays on the Metaphysics of God

Robert C. Koons and Jonathan Fuqua

For more information about this series, please visit: https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Studies-in-the-Philosophy-of-Religion/book-series/SE0427

Edited by Jonathan Fuqua and Robert C. Koons

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1. JONATHAN FUQUA AND ROBERT C. KOONS
2. EDWARD FESER
3. ROBERT C. KOONS
4. ALEXANDER R. PRUSS
5. GYULA KLIMA
6. KATHERIN ROGERS
7. DANIEL DE HAAN
8. TIMOTHY OCONNOR
9. ENIS DOKO AND JAMIE B. TURNER
10. SAMUEL LEBENS
11. ERIK BALDWIN AND TYLER DALTON MCNABB
12. GREGORY T. DOOLAN
13. CHRISTOPHER TOMASZEWSKI
14. JAMES E. DOLEZAL
15. MICHAEL J. DODDS
16. MARK K. SPENCER
17. TIM PAWL
18. JAMES ROONEY

Edward Feser is Professor of Philosophy at Pasadena City College in Pasadena, California. He is the author of many academic articles and books, including Aquinas (2009), Scholastic Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction (2014), and Five Proofs of the Existence of God (2017).

Robert C. Koons is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. He specializes in logic, metaphysics, and the philosophy of religion. He is the author of over 80 articles, and of Paradoxes of Belief and Strategic Rationality (1992) and Realism Regained (2000), co-author of Metaphysics: The Fundamentals (2015) and The Atlas of Reality (2017), and the co-editor of The Waning of Materialism (2010), Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Contemporary Science (Routledge, 2017), and Neo-Aristotelian Metaphysics and the Theology of Nature (Routledge, 2021).

Alexander R. Pruss is Pofessor of Philosophy at Baylor University. He has published several books, including The Principle of Sufficient Reason: A Reassessment (2006), Actuality, Possibility and Worlds (2011), and Infinity, Causation, and Paradox (2018), and over a 100 articles and chapters in philosophy and mathematics. His current research focuses on metaphysics, ethics, philosophy of religion, philosophy of mathematics, and formal epistemology.

Gyula Klima is a Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University, New York, Director of the Research Center for the History of Ideas of the Institute of Hungarian Research, Budapest, Hungary, and a Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He is the Founding Director of the Society for Medieval Logic and Metaphysics and of the Society for the European History of Ideas and Editor of their Proceedings. His publications, besides more than 100 scholarly papers, include Questions on Aristotles De Anima by John Buridan (2022), Questions on the Soul by John Buridan and Others: A Companion to John Buridans Philosophy of Mind (2017), Intentionality, Cognition and Mental Representation in Medieval Philosophy (2015), John Buridan (2008), John Buridan: Summulae de Dialectica, an annotated translation with a philosophical introduction; (2001);