Logic and the Nature of God

Abstract

This is a book about God. It asks whether the traditional Christian view of God, or something like it, is tenable. That is, it asks whether the Christian view of God is philosophically coherent and theologically adequate. In six. chapters the author discusses various attributes of God - timelessness, omniscience, immutability, foreknowledge, omnipotence and benevolence. Further chapters consider the problem of evil and the doctrines of the Incarnation and the Trinity. In all cases, criticisms of the concept of God that have been raised by medieval, modern and contemporary philosophers are discussed. The conclusion is that while some aspects of the traditional Christian view have to be reconsidered, the main aspects of it are defensible. It is rational for Christians to believe in the existence of such a being.