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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instanceOf book ⓘ
essay collection ⓘ
academicDiscipline philosophy ⓘ
theology ⓘ
addressesQuestion How finite concepts apply to an infinite divine being ⓘ
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 ⓘ
William P. Alston ⓘ
linked to: William Alston
contributor William P. Alston ⓘ
linked to: William Alston
field Christian theology ⓘ
analytic philosophy ⓘ
philosophy of language ⓘ
focusesOn philosophical analysis of God‑talk ⓘ
possibility of cognitive content in religious language ⓘ
relationship between divine reality and human concepts ⓘ
genre philosophical theology ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ
hasPart essay on realism and anti‑realism in theology ⓘ
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 ⓘ
advanced students of theology ⓘ
philosophers of religion ⓘ
theologians ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainTopic analogy in religious language ⓘ
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 ⓘ
philosophicalApproach analytic ⓘ
realist account of God‑talk ⓘ
theologicalTradition Christianity ⓘ

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