The God of Metaphysics

Can philosophy offer reasonable grounds for the existence of a God as the centre of actual faith, rather than just a theoretical Absolute? Many contemporary thinkers have concluded that no genuine religion could be based upon metaphysics. In this book, however, T. L. S. Sprigge examines sympathetically the most notable metaphysical systems of the last four centuries which purport to put religion on a rational footing and, after a thorough examination of their claims, considers what kind of religious outlook they might support and (more briefly) how they actually affected the lives of their proponents. The thinkers studied include Spinoza, Hegel, T. H. Green, Bernard Bosanquet (together with a brief discussion of Bradley), Josiah Royce, A. N. Whitehead, and Charles Hartshorne, concluding with an exposition of the author's own viewpoint (pantheistic absolute idealism) and a general discussion on the relation between metaphysics and religion. There is also a chapter on Kierkegaard as the most important critic of metaphysical religion.


Author: T. L. S. Sprigge
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 09/01/2008
Pages: 608
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.95lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780199549290

About the Author

Timothy Sprigge (1932-2007) was formerly Professor Emeritus of the University of Edinburgh.

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