Synopses & Reviews
This book argues that the God of Christian faith can be proved to exist.
Synopsis
Denys Turner challenges the prevailing orthodoxy amongst philosophers that Godâs existence cannot be demonstrated by rational argument, and the view of most Christian theologians that rational proof is incompatible with Christian faith. He argues, addressing both believers and non-believers, that the God of Christian faith can be proved to exist.
About the Author
Denys Turner is Norris-Hulse Professor of Divinity and Fellow of Peterhouse, University of Cambridge. He is the author of Marxism and Christianity (1983), Eros and Allegory (1995), The Darkness of God (CUP, 1995) and Faith Seeking (2002).
Table of Contents
Part I. The âShapeâof Reason: 1. Clarifications and issues; 2. Negative theology and natural theology; 3. The darkness of God and the light of Christ; 4. Intellect; 5. Reason and rhetoric; 6. The âshapeâof reason; Part II. Univocity, Difference, and âOnto-theologyâ: 7. Univocity and inference: Duns Scotus; 8. God, grammar, and difference; 9. Existence and God; Part III. Inference, and the Existence of God: 10. Analogy and inference; 11. Why anything?; 12. Refusing the question; 13. The God of reason and the God of Christ.