Theology 2022

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Sub-Classification Philosophy

Thomas Park

Der Weg, die Wahrheit und das Leben Das Problem des religiösen Pluralismus Berlin, 2021. 192 S. Theion. Studien zur Religionskultur / Studies in Religious Culture. Bd. 34 br. • ISBN 978-3-631-84439-7 CHF 47.– / €D 39.95 / €A 41.10 / € 37.40 / £ 31.– / US-$ 45.95 eBook (SUL) • ISBN 978-3-631-84767-1 CHF 47.– / €D 39.95 / €A 41.10 / € 37.40 / £ 31.– / US-$ 45.95

Seitdem John Hick durch seine pluralistische Position den Weg für eine Annäherung der Religionen geschaffen hat, haben seine Werke viel Aufmerksamkeit von Anhängern und Kritikern erfahren. Dieses Werk setzt sich kritisch mit dem Lebenswerk Hicks auseinander, und vergleicht die Argumente für seine Ansicht mit denen von Perry Schmidt-Leukel, Alvin Plantinga und Karl Rahner. Der Autor legt die Prämissen der vier Positionen offen, und macht deutlich, warum trotz aller berechtigten Kritik die pluralistische Position die plausibelste Antwort auf die Frage liefert, wieso es mehrere Religionen gibt, wenn laut dem NT (nur) Jesus Christus der Weg, die Wahrheit und das Leben ist.

Paul Weingartner

Theodicy - From a Logical Point of View Berlin, 2021. 168 pp. Wissenschaft und Religion. Vol. 30 hb. • ISBN 978-3-631-85227-9 CHF 50.– / €D 42.95 / €A 44.20 / € 40.20 / £ 33.– / US-$ 48.95 eBook (SUL) • ISBN 978-3-631-85289-7 CHF 50.– / €D 42.95 / €A 44.20 / € 40.20 / £ 33.– / US-$ 48.95

The aim of the book is to refute the claim that God’s omniscience, omnipotence and benevolence on the one hand and the existence of evil on the other are together inconsistent. This is shown first by unmasking many types of such claims as either logical fallacies or as presupposing false assumptions. Secondly the author formulates God’s attributes of omniscience, omnipotence and benevolence and the existence of 10 types of evil in an axiomatic system. This contains the theorems about God’s knowledge, will, causation and benevolence without leading to any inconsistency. It proves the compatibility between God’s attributes of omniscience, omnipotence and benevolence with the fact of existence of evil. The author offers a consistency proof for the whole axiomatic system with the help of a model in which all axioms and theorems are satisfied. Paul Weingartner holds a PhD in philosophy and physics. He was a Research Fellow at the University of London and at the University of Munich. He was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Salzburg from 1971-99 and Chairman of the Institut für Wissenschaftstheorie from 1972-2008. He received an honorary doctorate from the University of Maria Curie Skłodowska, Poland, in 1995 and is a member of the New York Academy of Science. He is author of several books and research articles.


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