The Nature of God [Book Review]

Review of Metaphysics 43 (2):428-430 (1989)
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This book, the first to appear in the new series Cornell Studies in the Philosophy of Religion, is an essay in analytic philosophical theology. Its purpose is to construct and defend accounts of several of the attributes that have traditionally been taken to belong to the divine nature; they are omnipotence, omniscience, immutability, timelessness, eternity, impeccability, and perfect goodness. Wierenga is a master of the craft of philosophical analysis and argument. His discussion is heavily indebted to recent work in metaphysics and also owes something to recent work in epistemology, philosophy of language, and ethics. He has produced a first-rate contribution to the literature of analytic philosophy of religion.

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