Divine Nature and Human Language: Essays in Philosophical Theology
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Divine Nature and Human Language: Essays in Philosophical Theology is a collection of essays by philosopher William Alston that explores how human linguistic and conceptual frameworks can meaningfully refer to and describe the divine.
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Target entity: Divine Nature and Human Language: Essays in Philosophical Theology Context triple: [William Alston, notableWork, Divine Nature and Human Language: Essays in Philosophical Theology]
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Man’s Vision of God and the Logic of Theism
"Man’s Vision of God and the Logic of Theism" is a philosophical work that develops Charles Hartshorne’s process-oriented, neoclassical conception of God and offers a rigorous logical defense of theism.
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Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion
Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion is a posthumously published collection of G. W. F. Hegel’s university lectures that systematically interpret the historical religions through the lens of his idealist philosophical system.
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Theological Commonplaces
Theological Commonplaces is the standard English title of Philip Melanchthon’s influential 16th-century Lutheran theological work that systematically organizes key doctrines of the Christian faith.
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The Coherence of Theism
The Coherence of Theism is a major work of analytic philosophy of religion in which Richard Swinburne rigorously examines whether the central claims of traditional theism are logically consistent and intelligible.
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E.
A Natural Theology for Our Time
A Natural Theology for Our Time is a philosophical and theological work by Charles Hartshorne that presents his modern process-oriented approach to arguments for the existence and nature of God.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Divine Nature and Human Language: Essays in Philosophical Theology Target entity description: Divine Nature and Human Language: Essays in Philosophical Theology is a collection of essays by philosopher William Alston that explores how human linguistic and conceptual frameworks can meaningfully refer to and describe the divine.
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A.
Man’s Vision of God and the Logic of Theism
"Man’s Vision of God and the Logic of Theism" is a philosophical work that develops Charles Hartshorne’s process-oriented, neoclassical conception of God and offers a rigorous logical defense of theism.
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B.
Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion
Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion is a posthumously published collection of G. W. F. Hegel’s university lectures that systematically interpret the historical religions through the lens of his idealist philosophical system.
-
C.
Theological Commonplaces
Theological Commonplaces is the standard English title of Philip Melanchthon’s influential 16th-century Lutheran theological work that systematically organizes key doctrines of the Christian faith.
-
D.
The Coherence of Theism
The Coherence of Theism is a major work of analytic philosophy of religion in which Richard Swinburne rigorously examines whether the central claims of traditional theism are logically consistent and intelligible.
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E.
A Natural Theology for Our Time
A Natural Theology for Our Time is a philosophical and theological work by Charles Hartshorne that presents his modern process-oriented approach to arguments for the existence and nature of God.
- F. None of above. chosen
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book
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essay collection ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
philosophy
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theology ⓘ |
| addressesQuestion |
How finite concepts apply to an infinite divine being
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How human language can meaningfully refer to God ⓘ What justifies religious and theological beliefs ⓘ Whether theological statements can be true or false ⓘ |
| author |
William Alston
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William P. Alston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributor | William P. Alston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field |
Christian theology
NERFINISHED
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analytic philosophy ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
philosophical analysis of God‑talk
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possibility of cognitive content in religious language ⓘ relationship between divine reality and human concepts ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophical theology
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philosophy of religion ⓘ |
| hasPart |
essay on realism and anti‑realism in theology
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essay on religious experience and belief ⓘ essay on religious language and the reality of God ⓘ essay on the epistemic status of theological statements ⓘ essay on the nature of divine attributes ⓘ essay on the semantics of theological discourse ⓘ essay on the use of analogy in talk about God ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
advanced students of philosophy
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advanced students of theology ⓘ philosophers of religion ⓘ theologians ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
analogy in religious language
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conceptual frameworks in theology ⓘ divine nature ⓘ epistemology of religious belief ⓘ justification of religious belief ⓘ metaphor in religious language ⓘ mystical experience and language ⓘ realism about God ⓘ reference to God ⓘ religious language ⓘ theological language ⓘ truth in religious discourse ⓘ |
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analytic
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realist account of God‑talk ⓘ |
| theologicalTradition | Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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