Omni-beauty as a divine attribute
Abstract: the claim that God is perfectly beautiful has played a key role within the history of a number of religious traditions. However, this view has received surprisingly little attention from philosophers of religion in recent decades. In this paper I aim to remedy this neglect by addressing so...
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| description | Abstract: the claim that God is perfectly beautiful has played a key role within the history of a number of religious traditions. However, this view has received surprisingly little attention from philosophers of religion in recent decades. In this paper I aim to remedy this neglect by addressing some key philosophical issues surrounding the doctrine of divine beauty. I begin by considering how best to explicate the claim the God is perfectly beautiful before moving on to ask what consequences accepting this claim will have for our broader theorising in philosophy. |
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| spelling | nottingham-480182018-04-10T06:02:24Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48018/ Omni-beauty as a divine attribute Robson, Jon Abstract: the claim that God is perfectly beautiful has played a key role within the history of a number of religious traditions. However, this view has received surprisingly little attention from philosophers of religion in recent decades. In this paper I aim to remedy this neglect by addressing some key philosophical issues surrounding the doctrine of divine beauty. I begin by considering how best to explicate the claim the God is perfectly beautiful before moving on to ask what consequences accepting this claim will have for our broader theorising in philosophy. Cambridge University Press 2018-03-19 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48018/1/Omni-Beauty%20%28final%20version%29.pdf Robson, Jon (2018) Omni-beauty as a divine attribute. Religious Studies . ISSN 1469-901X https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/religious-studies/article/omnibeauty-as-a-divine-attribute/7B52C798341588BD5240BE4F8B61E1F1 doi:10.1017/S0034412518000112 doi:10.1017/S0034412518000112 |
| spellingShingle | Robson, Jon Omni-beauty as a divine attribute |
| title | Omni-beauty as a divine attribute |
| title_full | Omni-beauty as a divine attribute |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Omni-beauty as a divine attribute |
| title_short | Omni-beauty as a divine attribute |
| title_sort | omni-beauty as a divine attribute |
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