Why perfect being theology?

International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 69 (2):103-118 (2011)
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I display the historical roots of perfect being theology in Greco-Roman philosophy, and the distinctive reasons for Christians to take up a version of this project. I also rebut a recent argument that perfect-being reasoning should lead one to atheism

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Metaphysics: (Bks. 7–10). Aristotle - 1952 - New York,: Hackett Publishing Company. Edited by Richard Hope.
Proslogion.Saint Anselm - 2000 - In Steven M. Cahn (ed.), Exploring Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology. New York, NY, United States of America: Oxford University Press USA.
Omnipotence and God's Ability to Sin.Nelson Pike - 1969 - American Philosophical Quarterly 6 (3):208 - 216.
The Consolation of Philosophy.Peter Walsh (ed.) - 1962 - Oxford University Press UK.

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