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On worshipping the same God
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In this paper, I argue that if any one of Judaism, Christianity or Islam is true, then the adherents of each worship the same God as one another. The issue is primarily one of reference and on any plausible account of how “God” and what I call “cognate names” of God work, all refer to God if any refers to God. Thus, anyone who directs worship to what they suppose they refer with these names directs worship to God if there is a God. There is (perhaps surprising) scope for those with radically misguided views of the nature of God to nevertheless refer to Him and to worship Him should He exist.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.69574/aejpr.v1i1.22900
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- Publisher:
- Nordic Society for Philosophy of Religion
- Journal:
- AGATHEOS – European Journal for Philosophy of Religion More from this journal
- Volume:
- 1
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 63-81
- Publication date:
- 2024-06-19
- Acceptance date:
- 2024-03-19
- DOI:
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2004-9331
- Language:
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English
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2032363
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pubs:2032363
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2025-03-25
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- Copyright holder:
- Tim Mawson
- Copyright date:
- 2024
- Rights statement:
- Copyright (c) 2024 Tim Mawson. Articles are published under the terms of a Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license, which permits use, downloading, distribution, linking to and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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