Journal article
God's body
- Abstract:
- On Classical Theism, God is ontologically distinct from the physical universe which He has created; He needn't have created any universe at all; and He could exist even if the universe didn't. By contrast, the universe couldn't have existed if God didn't and it needs God to sustain it in existence from moment to moment. Classical Theism is thus committed to the universe not being identical to God. I shall argue that Classical Theism is committed to seeing the universe as God's body (or a part of His body if there are parallel universes). It follows that it is also committed to the falsity of theories which identify people with their bodies or state that of necessity people depend on their bodies for their continued existence.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
Actions
- Publisher:
- Blackwell Publishing
- Journal:
- Heythrop Journal More from this journal
- Volume:
- 47
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 171-181
- Publication date:
- 2006-04-01
- Edition:
- author's final version
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1468-2265
- ISSN:
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0018-1196
- Language:
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English
- Keywords:
- Subjects:
- UUID:
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uuid:ddb632a5-01d4-47b5-81d6-edaf4011d5ae
- Local pid:
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ora:1541
- Deposit date:
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2008-03-14
Terms of use
- Copyright holder:
- Tim Mawson
- Copyright date:
- 2006
- Notes:
- Citation: Mawson, T. J. (2006). 'God's body', The Heythrop Journal, 47(2), 171-181. [Available at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0018-1196&site=1].
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