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Faith, Reason and the Existence of God Denys Turner (University of Cambridge)

Faith, Reason and the Existence of God By Denys Turner (University of Cambridge)

Faith, Reason and the Existence of God by Denys Turner (University of Cambridge)


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Denys Turner challenges the prevailing orthodoxy amongst philosophers that God's existence cannot be demonstrated by rational argument, and the view of most Christian theologians that rational proof is incompatible with Christian faith. He argues, addressing both believers and non-believers, that the God of Christian faith can be proved to exist.

Faith, Reason and the Existence of God Summary

Faith, Reason and the Existence of God by Denys Turner (University of Cambridge)

The proposition that the existence of God is demonstrable by rational argument is doubted by nearly all philosophical opinion today and is thought by most Christian theologians to be incompatible with Christian faith. This book argues that, on the contrary, there are reasons of faith why in principle the existence of God should be thought rationally demonstrable and that it is worthwhile revisiting the theology of Thomas Aquinas to see why this is so. The book further suggests that philosophical objections to proofs of God's existence rely upon an attenuated and impoverished conception of reason which theologians of all monotheistic traditions might wish to reject. Denys Turner proposes that on a broader and deeper conception of it, human rationality is open to the 'sacramental shape' of creation as such and in its exercise of rational proof of God it in some way participates in that sacramentality of all things.

Faith, Reason and the Existence of God Reviews

'Professor Turner here offers an elegant and sophisticated defence of the conciliar teaching against detractors of both Catholic and Protestant sympathies. ... read this book for some of the fems it contains ...'. Church Times
'... remarkable ... a major contribution to Catholic theology.' International Journal of Systematic Theology
'Advanced students of natural theology, theological language and Aquinas will find this an immensely stimulating read.' Themelios
'... there is much to learn from Turner's work. It should be particularly appealing to those interested in Radical Orthodoxy, natural theology and the thought of Thomas Aquinas.' Scottish Journal of Theology

About Denys Turner (University of Cambridge)

Denys Turner is Norris-Hulse Professor of Divinity and Fellow of Peterhouse, University of Cambridge. He is the author of Marxism and Christianity (1983), Eros and Allegory (1995), The Darkness of God (CUP, 1995) and Faith Seeking (2002).

Table of Contents

Part I. The 'Shape' of Reason: 1. Clarifications and issues; 2. Negative theology and natural theology; 3. The darkness of God and the light of Christ; 4. Intellect; 5. Reason and rhetoric; 6. The 'shape' of reason; Part II. Univocity, Difference, and 'Onto-theology': 7. Univocity and inference: Duns Scotus; 8. God, grammar, and difference; 9. Existence and God; Part III. Inference, and the Existence of God: 10. Analogy and inference; 11. Why anything?; 12. Refusing the question; 13. The God of reason and the God of Christ.

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NPB9780521841610
9780521841610
0521841615
Faith, Reason and the Existence of God by Denys Turner (University of Cambridge)
New
Hardback
Cambridge University Press
2004-09-16
292
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